Israel strikes on Thursday Iran’s Ark heavy water Reactor in its latest aggressive against Tehran’s huge nuclear program on the seventh day of increasing the struggle in the Middle East.
According to the Associated Press, the Israeli strike came to a hospital in the southern part of the country with an Iranian missile, causing ‘comprehensive damage’.
Israel warned on Thursday morning that he would attack the facility and urge the public to flee the area. Iran Israel War live update.
What is Iran’s Arak Heavy Water Reactor?
The Ark Nuclear Complex located in the western part of the country, about 280 km from the capital Tehran, includes a heavy water experimental reactor and adjacent heavy water production plant.
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Heavy water from the convenience helps to calm the nuclear reactors. Although Iran says that its atomic program is for peaceful purposes, the reactor produces arms-grade plutonium as a sub-product, which may possibly be used in nuclear weapons, stated by several websites, including Politico and missile defense advocasi alliances.
If Iran decides to pursue an atomic weapon, plutonium will help develop a atomic bomb without enriching uranium.
The international community is worried on the Ark reactor, as many other countries have used such reactor to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons.
In addition, details about the development of the convenience have been murchase with the report of foreign experts, including the report of foreign experts, including Russia.
How did Iran develop the facility?
In the 1990s, several nuclear suppliers began to develop a heavy water research reactor in 2003 after several nuclear suppliers rejected its requests.
In 2015, Iran reached a historic agreement with many world powers including the US, popularly known as Iran Nuclear Agreement.
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As part of the agreement, Iran agreed to re-designing the convenience and to solve the spread concerns to destroy its nuclear program- a step that agreed in exchange for several billions of dollars of sanctions, Politico said.
In 2019, the country started a secondary circuit of heavy water reactors. Although Iran did not violate the 2015 nuclear deal, the move came close to develop nuclear weapons as a result of the move.
According to the Associated Press, according to Trump, the US stepped into the US unilaterally in 2018 to help Iran back to the resume, after Trump came to power in 2018.
As part of the 2015 deal, Tehran also agreed to sell his heavy water in the West to follow the terms of the agreement.
Why did Israel attack the Ark reactor?
Several international agencies, including the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations nuclear watchdog, are urging Israel not to attack the Iranian nuclear sites.
The Israeli army said that fighter jets targeted the Arak facility to prevent Iran from the production of plutonium.
“The strike targeted the component for plutonium production to restore the reactor for restoring the reactor and the development of nuclear weapons,” Israel said.
However, Iran has said that the water reactor facility is for peaceful purposes. Iran enrich uranium up to 60 percent, slightly lower than the weapon-grade level of 90 percent.