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Nuclear power plant in Iran
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The production capacity of uranium enrichment to 60% is nine grams per hour. At the same time, Iran is capable of producing uranium of any enrichment level.
Iranian scientists were able to obtain the first batch of uranium enriched to 60%. About it reported Chairman of the Mejlis (parliament) of the country Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Friday, April 16.
“I am proud to announce that this night at 00:40 (23:10 Kyiv time on April 15 – ed.) Young Iranian scientists managed to obtain uranium enriched to 60%. Congratulations to the brave Iranian people on this success,” he wrote on Twitter.
Galibaf added that “the people of Iran are capable of defeating any conspiracy.”
In turn, the vice-president of the country, head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi said that nine grams of uranium enriched to 60% was produced.
“On Friday night, we reached sixty percent enrichment of uranium, and at the moment we have nine grams at our disposal,” the agency quoted him as saying. ISNA.
Salehi specified that “at the moment the production capacity of uranium enrichment to 60% is nine grams per hour.” He also added that “Iran is capable of producing uranium of any enrichment level.”
According to him, after the sabotage, the nuclear facility in Natanz continues to operate. “The centrifuges operate on an emergency power supply. The main power supply will be connected within one or two days,” Salehi said.
We will remind, on April 13, Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Aragchi said that in the country uranium enrichment to 60% begins… This measure was taken in response to a sabotage at a nuclear facility in the city of Natanz, in which suspected Israel.
As you know, more than 20% enriched uranium is considered weapons grade.
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