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What does it take to make a nuclear weapon?

What does it take to make a nuclear weapon?

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To understand what goes into creating a nuclear weapon, why enrichment is so key, and why getting to the stage of weaponisation is so difficult, Madeleine Finlay talks to Sir Robin Grimes, professor of materials physics at Imperial College London

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In an interview last weekend, Iran’s ambassador to the UN said his
country’s nuclear enrichment ‘will never stop’ because it is
permitted for ‘peaceful energy’ purposes. It is the latest
development in an escalation of tensions over Iran’s nuclear
programme, which erupted when Israel targeted the country’s nuclear
facilities in June. To understand why enrichment is so important,
Madeleine Finlay talks to Robin Grimes, professor of materials
physics at Imperial College London. He explains what goes into
creating a nuclear weapon, and why getting to the stage of
weaponisation is so difficult. Help support our independent
journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod