Iranisches Atomprogramm

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IRAN NEARLY COMPLETES URANIUM FACILITY


NICOSIA [MENL] -- Iran was said to have nearly completed a facility regarded as vital for the production of nuclear weapons.

A senior Iranian official said Teheran was nearing completion of a uranium conversion facility in Isfahan. The facility was meant to convert uranium ore, or yellowcake, into uranium hexafluoride, a key element in the process to enrich uranium and produce nuclear weapons.

"Currently, the Isfahan uranium conversion facility is 70 percent operational," Iranian Atomic Energy Organization deputy director Mohammad Ghanadi said. "I can say that 21 out of the 24 workshops in this facility have become operational.

Ghanadi's assertion, broadcast by Iranian television on Sunday, was the first disclosure of Teheran's progress in completing the nuclear fuel cycle. The UCF plant was designed to produce uranium hexafluoride, placed into gas centrifuges for the manufacture of enriched uranium.

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