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Why the US bombed a bunch of metal tubes − a nuclear engineer explains the importance of centrifuges to Iranian efforts to build nuclear weapons

  • Written by Anna Erickson, Professor of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Why the US bombed a bunch of metal tubes − a nuclear engineer explains the importance of centrifuges to Iranian efforts to build nuclear weaponsAn image from Iranian television shows centrifuges lining a hall at Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility in 2021.IRIB via APPEAR

When U.S. forces attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025, the main target was metal tubes in laboratories deep underground. The tubes are centrifuges that produce highly enriched uranium needed to...

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