#Israel's strikes on #Iran 'very serious' setback for Iranian #nuclear ambitions

Nuclear Program Setback - The attacks on the Isfahan facility and Natanz constitute a serious setback for Iran's nuclear ambitions [1] - The damage impacts the uranium enrichment process, which is a critical part of the nuclear fuel cycle [1][2] - Iran has limited feedstock of uranium that can be further enriched for nuclear fuel [3] - Repairing the damage to the Isfahan facility will take months at the very least [3] Nuclear Facilities and Processes - The nuclear program is a vast industrial enterprise involving dozens of different sites [2] - Iran has multiple enrichment sites but only one conversion site [2] - The conversion site is where raw uranium is taken and injected with fluorine in specialized blast furnaces to produce uranium hexafluoride gas [2][3] - Uranium hexafluoride gas is the feedstock that's enriched for nuclear fuel [3]