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by dbcooper 3994 days ago
That would seem to add 2 months to the breakout time. i.e. It would be 5 to 6 months based on Kuperman's reckoning (as opposed to Obama's claimed 12 months). Whether they can divert or reconstitute some of the 20% material during or after fuel conversion is unclear. Some scenarios are discussed here:

http://www.isisnucleariran.org/assets/pdf/LEU_20_percent_upd...