Topic: Natanz
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is making headway toward rolling out advanced uranium enrichment machines that could speed up its production of nuclear reactor fuel as well as weapons-grade material if, as the West fears, it ultimately tries to assemble atomic bombs.But it ...
Iran's atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi has said the country needs 20 uranium enrichment plants in order to meet all its electricity needs, state-owned English-language Press TV reported.Salehi told Press TV late Friday that the plants have to be equal in size ...
World powers have drafted a resolution to be voted on by the UN atomic watchdog later this week condemning Iran for concealing a second uranium enrichment site, diplomats said on Tuesday.The five permanent members of the United States Security Council -- Britain, ...
Diplomats say Iran began intermittent building of nuke plant 7 years agoIran's recently revealed uranium enrichment hall is a highly fortified underground space that appears too small to house a civilian nuclear program, but large enough to serve for military activities, diplomats ...
In what might be described as a bombshell, the International Atomic Energy Agency has announced that Iran had informed the agency earlier this week that it has a covert underground uranium enrichment plant in addition to the one known at Natanz. It ...
Diplomats: Iran gives way on increased monitoring of its nuclear facilitiesIran has lifted a yearlong ban and allowed U.N. inspectors to visit a nearly completed nuclear reactor as well as granting greater monitoring rights at another atomic site, diplomats said Thursday.International Atomic ...
Iran has means to test nuclear bomb in 6 months; blocking nuke agency monitoringIran is blocking U.N. nuclear agency attempts to upgrade monitoring of its atomic program while advancing those activities to the stage that the country would have the means to ...
Iran denies UN nuke agency request to mount extra monitoring camera at atomic siteIran has rebuffed a bid from the U.N. nuclear monitoring agency to beef up its monitoring ability at an important atomic site as it tries to keep track of ...
Washington on Thursday met with " skepticism" an announcement by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that major advances have been achieved in Iran's nuclear program. "I think we certainly could view it with skepticism," said State Department spokesman Robert Wood, commenting on reports that ...
IAEA Chief Says Iran Slowing Uranium Enrichment, As U.N. Nuclear Agency Approves NKorea TeamIran has scaled back its uranium enrichment program, the head of the U.N. atomic agency said Monday, suggesting a new willingness from the government to resolve the international standoff ...