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Uranium enriched to 60 per cent cannot be used to make a useful nuclear explosive devicewhy has Iran been enriching Uranium to over 60 % ?
Based on information available to it, the IAEA has been reporting on the situation at the nuclear facilities and sites in Iran, including:
The Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant site was targeted in attacks on 13 June that destroyed the above-ground part of the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant, one of the facilities at which Iran was producing uranium enriched up to 60% U-235.
Why is Iran producing 60 per cent-enriched uranium?
On 13 April, Iran announced its intention to enrich uranium to 60 per cent U-235. This was characterized by Iran as a response to a sabotage of its vast underground enrichment cascades at Natanz two days before.

