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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/312/itn.mp3' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='A Closer Look at the Iran Nuclear Deal' data-article-id='628'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7642'>World powers have been working for years to limit Iran’s nuclear activities. </span> <span data-start-time='7642' data-end-time='13500'>But news reports often fail to provide details of the nuclear negotiations. </span> <span data-start-time='14694' data-end-time='20646'>Today we explore some of the issues that the negotiators have been discussing.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='22472' data-end-time='31905'>Western countries have targeted the equipment that Iran needs to produce plutonium and enriched uranium. </span> <span data-start-time='31905' data-end-time='37551'>Both materials are needed to make a nuclear weapon.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='37551' data-end-time='41927'>Not just any uranium can be used. </span> <span data-start-time='41927' data-end-time='46372'>The metal must be purified, or enriched. </span> <span data-start-time='46372' data-end-time='50249'>It is first changed into a gas. </span> <span data-start-time='50249' data-end-time='55782'>Workers then place the gas into a machine called a centrifuge. </span> <span data-start-time='55782' data-end-time='62222'>The centrifuge makes the gas spin at very high speeds. </span> <span data-start-time='62222' data-end-time='68912'>The spinning creates the enriched uranium required at nuclear power centers. </span> <span data-start-time='68912' data-end-time='78141'>But if the gas is put in centrifuges for long periods, it becomes enriched at a much higher level. </span> <span data-start-time='78141' data-end-time='84286'>This highly-enriched uranium can be used in nuclear weapons.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='84286' data-end-time='92630'>Under the agreement, Iran will still have the ability to make fuel for its nuclear reactors. </span> <span data-start-time='92630' data-end-time='99388'>But it will not be permitted to enrich uranium for use in nuclear weapons.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='99388' data-end-time='106848'>In April, Iran agreed to a limit of about 6,000 centrifuges. </span> <span data-start-time='106848' data-end-time='115828'>Iran also said it would only enrich uranium at very low levels -- under five percent. </span> <span data-start-time='115828' data-end-time='125261'>The country promised to store no more than 300 kilograms of this “low-enriched” uranium.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='125261' data-end-time='133197'>The April agreement limited research on ways to improve centrifuge designs. </span> <span data-start-time='133197' data-end-time='141338'>It also covered Iran’s ability to produce plutonium, the other bomb-making material. </span> <span data-start-time='141338' data-end-time='152449'>It required the redesign of a nuclear reactor, so that it can use natural uranium, instead of the enriched kind.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='152449' data-end-time='161587'>Natural uranium is nearly all U238, the heavier form of the element. </span> <span data-start-time='161587' data-end-time='170590'>When a neutron strikes this form of uranium, the atom will change into plutonium. </span> <span data-start-time='170590' data-end-time='178231'>This “heavy-water” reactor can produce radioactive chemicals used to treat cancer. </span> <span data-start-time='178231' data-end-time='188027'>When the redesign is completed, it will still make those chemicals, but produce much less plutonium.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='188027' data-end-time='195669'>The plutonium formed in the reactor must still be separated from the rest of the fuel. </span> <span data-start-time='195669' data-end-time='201633'>Iran says it will ship “spent” fuel out of the country.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='201633' data-end-time='210385'>Under the new deal, Iran has agreed to increased international inspections of its nuclear activities. </span> <span data-start-time='210385' data-end-time='220227'>The country is also required to provide detailed information on all its nuclear activities within three months. </span> <span data-start-time='220227' data-end-time='226893'>Western powers have agreed to lift trade restrictions on Iran. </span> <span data-start-time='226893' data-end-time='237415'>They will also return control of billions of dollars to Iran as soon as it meets the requirements of the agreement.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='237415' data-end-time='247755'>In Washington, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that the agreement stops Iran from building a nuclear weapon. </span> <span data-start-time='247755' data-end-time='256871'>He said it will make the United States, its allies and the world, “safer and more secure.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='256871' data-end-time='262721'>Some members of Mr. Obama’s party do not support the agreement. </span> <span data-start-time='262721' data-end-time='267891'>And most of his political opponents strongly oppose it. </span> <span data-start-time='267891' data-end-time='276054'>When members of Congress are given the agreement, they will have 60 days to decide whether to reject it. </span> <span data-start-time='276054' data-end-time='282222'>The president has said if they do, he will veto the rejection. </span> <span data-start-time='282222' data-end-time='288980'>The votes of at least two-thirds of lawmakers are needed to cancel his veto.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='288980' data-end-time='291519'>I’m Christopher Jones-Cruise.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/312/iran_deal_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=3392 data-hint-location='170590' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=3396 data-hint-location='84286' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/312/what_can_iran_still_do_under_the_agreement.m4a'>What can Iran still do under the agreement?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='make fuel for nuclear reactors'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/312/test_nuclear_weapons.m4a'><span>test nuclear weapons</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/312/hide_weapons.m4a'><span>hide weapons</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/312/make_fuel_for_nuclear_reactors.m4a'><span>make fuel for nuclear reactors</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/312/create_weapons.m4a'><span>create weapons</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=3397 data-hint-location='55782' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/312/which_machine_makes_gas_spin_at_high_speeds.m4a'>Which machine makes gas spin at high speeds?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='centrifuge'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/312/centrifuge.m4a'><span>centrifuge</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/312/vacuum.m4a'><span>vacuum</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/312/calibrator.m4a'><span>calibrator</span></div><div class='choice' 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