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UN atomic agency: Iran has installed additional advanced centrifuges at Natanz
[IsraelTimes] IAEA records 8 new cascades at underground nuclear site hit in blast blamed on Israel; says Islamic Theocratic Republicplanning to add more. The UN atomic agency on Wednesday said Iran  ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan.The abbreviation IRGCis the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either Duceor Führeror maybe both. They hate has installed additional advanced centrifuges at its Natanz nuclear plant, the site of a recent blast blamed on Israel. According to a report by the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency, seen by Rooters, Iran added two more cascades of IR-4 centrifuges and six clusters of IR-2m at its underground facility. The IAEA also confirmed that some of the centrifuges were in use and said the Islamic Theocratic Republicplans to install another four cascades of the IR-4 at Natanz. "On 21 April 2021, the Agency verified at FEP that: ... six cascades of up to 1,044 IR-2m centrifuges; and two cascades of up to 348 IR-4 centrifuges... were installed, of which a number were being used," the report said. On April 10, Iran announced that it started up far more advanced IR-6 and IR-5 centrifuges that enrich uranium more quickly, in a new breach of its undertakings under the 2015 nuclear agreement. It also said it has began mechanical tests on an even faster nuclear centrifuge: The output of Iran’s IR-9 centrifuge, when operational, would be 50 times quicker than the first Iranian centrifuge, the IR-1. Iran’s nuclear program is also developing IR-8 centrifuges. Early the next morning, the site was hit in the blast that was declared by Iran to be Israeli sabotage. The explosion is said to have caused considerable damage to the Natanz plant, including its various uranium-enriching centrifuges. In response to the attack, Iran said it began enriching a small amount of uranium up to 60 percent purity at the site — its highest level ever, and a short step from weapons-grade. The UN atomic agency confirmed the enrichment, saying it was being done in an above-ground facility at Natanz. The head of the country’s atomic agency said Tuesday that power has been restored at Natanz and uranium enrichment activities there have been renewed. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, was cited by the official IRNA news agency as saying that "the cables damaged in the accident were speedily replaced and... the main power supply to the Natanz enrichment facility [is] now connected to the grid." Salehi told politicians during a parliamentary committee meeting that "thanks to the timely measures taken, enrichment in Natanz never stopped, even when the main power cable was cut," according to the report. Related: Natanz: 2021-04-20 Iran Expands Parchin Military Complex Natanz: 2021-04-19 Israeli cabinet ‘concerned the US wants an Iran deal at all costs' Natanz: 2021-04-18 IAEA confirms Iran is enriching uranium to 60% at above-ground facility at Natanz Posted by: trailing wife 2021-04-22 |
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