Tuesday, April 10, 2007

DAR AL ISLAM - IRAN: 50,000 URANIUM ENRICHING CENTRIFUGES FOR US

Iran targets 50,000 centrifuges at nuclear plant

Tehran, April 10: Iran said on Tuesday it is still seeking to hugely expand its nuclear programme by installing 50,000 uranium-enriching centrifuges at a nuclear plant after announcing its atomic drive had entered an industrial phase.

"The objective of the Islamic Republic of Iran is not just the installation of 3,000 centrifuges at the Natanz plant but we are doing everything to install 50,000 centrifuges," said Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, the head of Iran's atomic energy organisation.

Iran on Monday said it could now enrich uranium on an industrial scale but did not disclose how many centrifuges it had now installed at the Natanz plant in central Iran to enrich uranium.

Aghazadeh said he did not disclose at a ceremony the number of centrifuges Iran has installed at a massive underground facility in Natanz as he did not want to "create ambiguities" about Iran's objectives.

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