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As the Trump administration negotiates with Iran over uranium enrichment, nuclear policy experts warn that the talks have largely ignored a stockpile of more than 2,000 kilograms of plutonium in spent fuel at Iran's Bushehr reactor — enough for over 200 nuclear weapons. The debate pits those who see plutonium as a critical loophole against skeptics who argue uranium enrichment remains the far more immediate proliferation threat, raising fundamental questions about what any deal must cover to be credible.