Radiation Risk From Enrichment Strikes Limited

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00:00And what is the major concern? Which facilities are raising concern in Iran if they were struck

00:07by Israel? Well, we saw we saw Israel strike the Iraq reactor and that was not a concern because

00:13it was not operable. It didn't have fuel rods inside. And so that's why we saw them take out

00:18that facility. There's really limited radiation risk, to be honest. When we're talking about

00:25impacting enriched uranium stockpiles or enriched uranium plants where they make that material,

00:34the risk is really localized. You would have to have workers or recovery teams wearing protective

00:40gear for a time. There would be a release of different chemical particles and alpha particles,

00:46but it would dissipate over time and it would remain local to the facility. When we saw the Natanz

00:54pilot enrichment plant destroyed a few days ago, the IEA, the UN nuclear watchdog, reported

01:01very little problem with radiation at that facility.