Uranium in which the proportion of uranium-235 has been increased through the process of isotope separation.
1For Iran to make a single, crude bomb, it would need highly enriched uranium.
2Neither nation discloses how much highly enriched uranium it has.
3It could be easy for North Korea to make large quantities of highly enriched uranium.
4Last year's fuel conversion only slowed Iran's accumulation of highly enriched uranium and was stopped.
5LEU is used as fuel for nuclear reactors, while a nuclear bomb requires highly enriched uranium.
6Mr Mikhailov said yesterday nearly 400 tonnes of highly enriched uranium had been removed from warheads.
7Three more kilograms of weapons-capable highly enriched uranium have been removed from Libya, US officials said today.
8The technique for removing the highly enriched uranium from this form of spent fuel has not been developed.
9On the northern coast of Scotland, Britain keeps tons of nuclear material, including highly enriched uranium, the bomb-grade stuff.
10Citing intelligence reports, the West suspects Iran has secretly researched how to fuel atom bombs with highly enriched uranium.
11In the 1970s, nonproliferation experts looked around and saw hundreds of reactors around the world using highly enriched uranium.
12Richardson said North Korea had promised to allow in inspectors to make sure it is not processing highly enriched uranium.
13Low-enriched uranium can be used as fuel for power plants, while highly enriched uranium can be used to make bombs.
14That amount, if further refined, could yield the 25 kg of weapons-grade, highly enriched uranium needed for one nuclear bomb.
15The United States believes Iran has yet to make the decision to shift production to highly enriched uranium, according to officials.
16The use of highly enriched uranium is significant because North Korea's plutonium supply is limited, perhaps enough for fewer than 10 bombs.
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