Iran has started enriching uranium at its underground Natanz site using a third cascade of advanced IR-2m centrifuges, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday. in a report to its member countries.
“On March 7, 2021, the Agency verified (…) that Iran had started to load natural UF6 (uranium hexafluoride) into a third cascade of 174 IR-2m centrifuges”, says the IAEA in this report that Reuters was able to view. A fourth cascade of 174 other IR-2m centrifuges has been installed at Natanz but has not been loaded, while a fifth cascade is being installed.
As part of the 2015 agreement on its nuclear program, from which Iran gradually freed itself after the American withdrawal decided by Donald Trump in 2018, Natanz’s underground facilities must only accommodate first-class IR-1 centrifuges. generation, less efficient. Tehran is also only allowed to use this type of IR-1 centrifuge to enrich uranium.
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Iran has started enriching uranium at its underground Natanz site using a third cascade of advanced IR-2m-type centrifuges, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday. in a report to its member countries. “On March 7, 2021, the Agency verified (…) that Iran had started loading a natural UF6 (uranium hexafluoride) …
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