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Beijing is believed to have decided to assist the inspectors after documents seized from Iranian officials included blueprints for "shaping" uranium metal into warheads, the testing of high explosives used to detonate radioactive material and the procurement of dual-use technology.
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Written by someone who doesn't understand fission. "High explosives" are not used in nuclear bombs, only a small explosive to propel a bullet into the sphere and generator. Not only that, but gun-triggered fission bombs aren't as efficient as implosion bombs.
As for "dirty bombs"? They don't work. Their danger is a myth. There were numerous studies a few years back that said even the most powerful dirty bomb would have to be detonated, and people would have to stand there for a year for it to have an effect.
This is either a very innapropriate and late Aprtil Fools joke, or really poor reporting.