Iran expands installation of centrifuges in Natanz

Tehran plans to add two sets of advanced centrifuges in Natanz, according to the agency (AFP).

She said International Atomic Energy AgencyOn Wednesday, Iran began installing advanced IR-6 centrifuges in one group at an underground enrichment plant in نطنزin line with what it announced long ago, but now intends to add two more groups.

These steps were described in a confidential IAEA report sent to member states shortly before the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution criticizing Iran for not providing traces of uranium at three undisclosed sites. Iran has threatened to retaliate.

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Archyde.com reviewed this report, and the agency confirmed it.

The agency stated in the report that “on June 6, 2022, the agency verified (…) that Iran began installing IR-6 centrifuges in one group that Iran had previously notified to the agency,” adding that the installation in the other two groups It hasn’t started yet.

According to the report, Iran informed the agency, in a letter it received on June 6, of its intention to install “two new sets” of IR-6 devices at the underground station.

“On June 8, 2022, the agency also verified that the installation of the two (new) IR-6 groups had not yet begun,” the report added.

Earlier today, before the agency’s board of governors voted on the resolution, Tehran said it would “close” two of the agency’s cameras at a station. للتخصيب not specified.

(Archyde.com)

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