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IRAN TRANSFERS URANIUM ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES SOUTHWEST OF TEHRAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 8, 2011 - 15:29 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran will transfer its 20 percent uranium enrichment
activities to the Fordo site, southwest of Tehran, and triple its
production capacity, the country's nuclear chief said Wednesday.
"We will transfer the 20 percent enrichment from Natanz to the Fordo
site this year, under the supervision of the (International Atomic
Energy) Agency," Fereydoon Abbasi Davani was quoted as saying by
state television's website.
"We will also triple the (production) capacity. The 20 percent
enrichment will not be stopped at Natanz until the production level
is three times higher than its current rate," he said, AFP reported.
Revelations in 2009 about the construction of the Fordo plant, near
the holy Shiite city of Qom and about 150 kilometers (94 miles)
southwest of Tehran, prompted the United Nations to strengthen
sanctions against Tehran.
Iran informed the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency in February
that the Fordo site was prepared to host centrifuges - machines
which enrich uranium at supersonic speed -- and that it would become
operational in the summer.
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 8, 2011 - 15:29 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran will transfer its 20 percent uranium enrichment
activities to the Fordo site, southwest of Tehran, and triple its
production capacity, the country's nuclear chief said Wednesday.
"We will transfer the 20 percent enrichment from Natanz to the Fordo
site this year, under the supervision of the (International Atomic
Energy) Agency," Fereydoon Abbasi Davani was quoted as saying by
state television's website.
"We will also triple the (production) capacity. The 20 percent
enrichment will not be stopped at Natanz until the production level
is three times higher than its current rate," he said, AFP reported.
Revelations in 2009 about the construction of the Fordo plant, near
the holy Shiite city of Qom and about 150 kilometers (94 miles)
southwest of Tehran, prompted the United Nations to strengthen
sanctions against Tehran.
Iran informed the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency in February
that the Fordo site was prepared to host centrifuges - machines
which enrich uranium at supersonic speed -- and that it would become
operational in the summer.