Centrifuges unveiled in Natanz Photo: REUTERS
Iran Move To Speed Up Nuclear Program Troubles West -- Reuters
Iran has begun installing advanced centrifuges at its main uranium enrichment plant, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Thursday, a defiant step that will worry Western powers ahead of a resumption of talks with Tehran next week.
In a confidential report, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said 180 so-called IR-2m centrifuges and empty centrifuge casings had been put in place at the facility near the town of Natanz in central Iran. They were not yet operating.
If launched successfully, such machines could enable Iran to speed up significantly its accumulation of material that the West fears could be used to devise a nuclear weapon. Iran says it is refining uranium only for peaceful energy purposes.
Iran's installation of new-generation centrifuges would be "yet another provocative step," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in Washington.
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More News On Iran`s Nuclear Program
Iran installing new Natanz centrifuges, says IAEA -- BBC
UN nuclear agency report documents the start of Iranian upgrade in atomic capabilities -- Washington Post/AP
UN watchdog: Iran installing sophisticated devices at uranium enrichment plant -- NBC News
Iran installs advanced centrifuges at Natanz to speed up nuclear work -- Haaretz/Reuters
Iran Is Said to Move to New Machines for Making Nuclear Fuel -- New York Times
Iran installing advanced centrifuges ahead of talks -- CNN
UN: Iran Installing Advanced Enrichment Centrifuges -- Voice of America
U.N. gets conflicting signals from Iran’s nuclear facilities ahead of talks -- Washington Post
Iran slows growth of key uranium stockpile ahead of international talks -- Julian Borger, The Guardian
My Comment: I guess sanctions are not working. Israel is also going to take this development as further proof that Iran is committed to producing weapons grade nuclear material.
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