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| Iran unveils faster centrifuges for nuclear work |
| 2010-04-10 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday said that 60,000 new centrifuges for uranium enrichment will be fixed at Natanz nuclear reactor this year. Iranian atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi said the new generation of uranium-enriching centrifuge was capable of enriching uranium six times faster than Iran's existing centrifuges. In an address marking National Nuclear Day, Ahmadinejad said Iran was now a "nuclear nation" and that it was Western pressure which had forced it to enrich uranium to the 20 percent level that has sparked growing international concern. "Nefarious intentions" The United States said that Iran's unveiling of the new centrifuge for enriched uranium suggests Tehran "has nefarious intentions" in its nuclear program. "If Iran wants the international community to believe what it says, that it has peaceful intentions with respect to its nuclear program, then Iran has no need for a third generation, or faster centrifuge," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said. Ahmadinejad's comments signaled determination to press on with Iran's nuclear work despite possible new U.N. sanctions sought by U.S. President Barack Obama. |
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