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Chris Wright: “When you're at 60%, you are, although the numbers don't…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Well, they have some 20% enriched uranium and that's several more weeks behind 60% and of course, unenriched uranium. It's a long process to get it to weapons grade. But When you're at 60%, you are, although the numbers don't sound that way, you're way more than 90% of the way there for the enrichment necessary for weapons grade uranium. Very close. 20% uranium, which they also have a lot of, is, is far along as well. It's very concerning. (04:56–05:07)

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