Iran to Triple Nuclear Production Capacity
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Iran is to transfer its 20% uranium enrichment activities to the Fordo site, and triple its production capacity, the country's nuclear chief said Wednesday.
"We will transfer the 20% 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 capacity. The 20% enrichment will not be stopped at Natanz until the production level is three times higher than its current rate," he said.
Iran is to transfer its 20% uranium enrichment activities to the Fordo site, and triple its production capacity, the country's nuclear chief said Wednesday.
"We will transfer the 20% 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 capacity. The 20% enrichment will not be stopped at Natanz until the production level is three times higher than its current rate," he said.
The Islamic Republic 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.
Iran confirms its program is for peaceful ends. It insists that the program is its right under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) while "Israel", which is believed to be the sole nuclear power in the Middle East with more than 200 nuclear heads, is not a signatory for this treaty.
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