Concern about fuel-supply security has always been Iran’s main publicly stated justification for acquiring its enrichment capability – a justification that its critics assert was manufactured simply to conceal a covert weapons agenda. Whether or not that is the case, all current and would-be nuclear power producers are entitled to be anxious about having an absolutely assured fuel supply, given the major economic and social consequences they would face in the event of a disruption.
担心燃料供给安全一直是伊朗为获得铀浓缩能力厄尔提出的主要公开理由——批评者指出，这一理由纯粹是为了掩盖武器日程而捏造的。无论是否真的如此，所有当前和潜在核能生产商都有权利担忧有绝对保障的燃料供给，因为一旦发生干扰，将带来巨大的经济和社会后果。