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Iran says it has installed hundreds of advanced nuclear centrifuges at Natanz site | Iran says it has installed hundreds of advanced nuclear centrifuges at Natanz site |
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Hundreds of advanced centrifuges with a higher capacity for uranium enrichment have been installed at Iran's Natanz nuclear site, the country's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Tuesday. | Hundreds of advanced centrifuges with a higher capacity for uranium enrichment have been installed at Iran's Natanz nuclear site, the country's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Tuesday. |
“Thanks to our diligent nuclear scientists, two cascades of 348 IR-2m centrifuges with almost four times the capacity of IR1 are now running with UF6 successfully in Natanz,” Kazem Gharibabadi said in a tweet. | “Thanks to our diligent nuclear scientists, two cascades of 348 IR-2m centrifuges with almost four times the capacity of IR1 are now running with UF6 successfully in Natanz,” Kazem Gharibabadi said in a tweet. |
He promised there is “more to come soon,” and announced that the installation of two cascades of IR6 centrifuges was also underway in Fordow, another of Iran's nuclear sites. | He promised there is “more to come soon,” and announced that the installation of two cascades of IR6 centrifuges was also underway in Fordow, another of Iran's nuclear sites. |
The envoy to the UN's nuclear watchdog in Vienna added that the agency had been “informed of the progress as planned.” | The envoy to the UN's nuclear watchdog in Vienna added that the agency had been “informed of the progress as planned.” |
The IAEA is yet to comment publicly on the matter, but Reuters said on Tuesday it had obtained a confidential report from the agency showing that Iran has started enriching uranium with 174 IR-2m centrifuges underground at Natanz. | The IAEA is yet to comment publicly on the matter, but Reuters said on Tuesday it had obtained a confidential report from the agency showing that Iran has started enriching uranium with 174 IR-2m centrifuges underground at Natanz. |
The country was already enriching uranium with a set of the advanced machinery at the plant last year, but the IAEA has reportedly said that a third cascade is nearly ready for use and a fourth is being installed. | The country was already enriching uranium with a set of the advanced machinery at the plant last year, but the IAEA has reportedly said that a third cascade is nearly ready for use and a fourth is being installed. |
Last week, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Behrouz Kamalvandi, said 1,000 of the IR-2m centrifuges would be installed within three months. | Last week, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Behrouz Kamalvandi, said 1,000 of the IR-2m centrifuges would be installed within three months. |
Iran's enrichment of uranium is strictly limited by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed with major world powers in 2015. | Iran's enrichment of uranium is strictly limited by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed with major world powers in 2015. |
Iran has transgressed its commitments under the deal a number of times since then-US President Donald Trump pulled America unilaterally out of the agreement in 2018, most recently by announcing in January it had almost stockpiled 17 kilograms of 20-percent-enriched uranium. | Iran has transgressed its commitments under the deal a number of times since then-US President Donald Trump pulled America unilaterally out of the agreement in 2018, most recently by announcing in January it had almost stockpiled 17 kilograms of 20-percent-enriched uranium. |
The JCPOA sets out a purity limit of 3.67 percent. | The JCPOA sets out a purity limit of 3.67 percent. |
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