Iran says production of 60% enriched uranium underway
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16/04/2021 - 15:32 Iran s atomic agency chief Ali Akbar Salehi speaks to President Hassan Rouhani in this handout picture made available by the presidential office on April 9, 2019 HO Iranian Presidency/AFP/File 3 min
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Iran said Friday it has begun producing uranium at 60 percent purity, in another breach of its commitments to the international community which is concerned about its nuclear programme.
The Islamic republic had declared it would sharply ramp up its enrichment of uranium on Tuesday, two days after an attack on its Natanz nuclear facility that it blamed on arch-foe Israel.
Iran has begun 60 per cent uranium enrichment at its Natanz plant, the country s nuclear chief said today, days after an explosion at the site that Tehran blamed on Israel, Reuters reported. We .
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Iran starts enriching uranium to 60pc, its highest level ever
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The announcement also marks a significant escalation after attack that damaged centrifuges at Natanz
DUBAI (AP) Iran began enriching uranium Friday to its highest level ever, edging closer to weapons-grade levels to pressure talks in Vienna aimed at restoring its nuclear deal with world powers after an attack on its main atomic site.
A top official said only a few grams an hour of uranium gas would be enriched up to 60% purity triple the level it once did but at a rate far slower than what Tehran could produce. International inspectors already said Iran planned to do so above-ground at its Natanz nuclear site, not deep within its underground halls hardened to withstand airstrikes.
Iran produces first batch of 60% enriched uranium Friday, 16 April 2021 8:44 AM
[ Last Update: Friday, 16 April 2021 11:48 AM ] A number of new generation Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during Iran s National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran on April 10, 2021.
Iran’s scientists have managed to produce the country’s first batch of 60-percent enriched uranium in Natanz days after a nuclear facility came under a terrorist attack, top officials say.
“I am proud to announce that at 00:40 last night . young and pious Iranian scientists were able to obtain a 60% enriched uranium product,” Parliament speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf wrote in a Persian tweet on Friday.