The Iran began to enrich uranium at a rate of 60% in the basements nuclear facilities in Fordo, announced on Tuesday (22/11) state media, which characterized this development as a response to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA-IAEA) request for more cooperation from Tehran.
Iran is already enriching uranium up to 60% at other nuclear facilities. This is far less than the 90% required to produce nuclear weapons, but also far more than the 20% enriched uranium that Tehran produced before the 2015 international agreement on its nuclear program, which stipulated the percentage enrichment not to exceed 3.67%.
“In a letter to the IAEA, Iran informed the Agency that it has begun enriching uranium to 60% at the Fordow plant“, ISNA agency reported, while adding that this is a “strong response” to the latest IAEA decision.
The 35-member Board of Governors of the IAEA adopted the previous Thursday decision by which called on Iran to explain the origin of traces of uranium found at three undeclared facilities and in general to give the organization the answers it asks for.
This is the second decision taken by the IAEA this year, following a first one in June, over the same dispute: the absence of “technically reliable” answers regarding traces of enriched uranium found at three undeclared facilities.
Iran’s SNN network also reported that Tehran is building new centrifuges at its nuclear facilities in Natanz and Fordow.
Source: News Beast
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