After the attacks led by the US on Iranian nuclear facilities, an Austrian nuclear expert largely gives all kinds. The world does not have to be afraid of a radioactive disaster such as in Chernobyl or Fukushima, explains Prof. Georg Steinhauser of the Technical University of Vienna.
“Even if the centrifuges are equipped with uranium, that would have been a very small amount. Uranous is almost not radioactive because of the long half -life,” Steinhauser told the German news agency. It is a possible local heavy metal load, but not a global threat: “A radioactive cloud like in Chernobyl or Fukushima is excluded.”
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), based in Vienna, confirmed that no increased radioactivity had been measured outside the affected systems. Also in the attacked facilities, such as in Isfahan, only natural or low -reinforced uranium were stored.
Iran’s nuclear program “in ruins”
From the perspective of the Austrian expert, the damage to the Iranian nuclear program is huge: “Since the centrifugal factories have also been destroyed, it must take years or decades to rebuild the program.” According to IAEA, Iran has around 400 kilograms to 60 percent enriched uranium – theoretically usable for a weapon.
But Steinhauser soothes: that is a “poor quality” for the construction of a bomb – it is technically possible, but it is unlikely. “Nobody has never built an atomic bomb with an uranium of 60 percent.”
Another obstacle: the Iranian carrier systems are not designed for such improvised bombs. “That would be too big, too heavy – just too fat,” explains Steinhauser. Moreover, many of the leading Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed in recent years in targeted attacks – including by Israeli secret services.
International concern, but not an acute risk of radiation
The military impact of the United States against Iran was part of a joint operation with Israel. US President Donald Trump described the attacks on the facilities in Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan as “spectacular success”. At the same time, he threatened Iran with even harder attacks, meadow strikes were allowed to occur. UN Secretary -General António Guterres warned of a “catastrophic escalation” in the middle.
From the perspective of the Viennese expert, it is at least one thing: “The world is certain for the time being. That was not a second Fukushima.”
Source: Krone
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