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Tehran (AFP) Feb 9, 2010 Iran's atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi announced on Tuesday that Tehran has started to produce 20 percent enriched uranium at its Natanz plant, the official IRNA news agency reported. "From today we have started the 20 percent enrichment in a separate cascade in Natanz," Salehi said, quoted by IRNA. Salehi said the separate cascade was "more on a lab scale". "We have prepared a cascade of 164 centrifuges for this purpose. This can make between three to five kilogrammes (6.5 to 11 pounds) of 20 percent enriched uranium per month for Tehran reactor," he said. The production is "twice our need for Tehran reactor which needs 1.5 kilogrammes," he added. The Islamic republic has previously been conducting low level enrichment of uranium in the central city of Natanz for several years, in defiance of three sets of UN sanctions.
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Defiant Ahmadinejad orders higher enrichment of uraniumTehran (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday ordered Iran's atomic chief to begin higher uranium enrichment, raising the stakes in a dispute with the West days after seeming to accept a UN-drafted nuclear deal. Ahmadinejad's declaration drew immediate fire from Britain, which said it was "clearly a matter of serious concern," while US Defence Secretary Robert Gates called for mounting "internatio ... read more |
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