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Iran Reported to Have Started Second Nuclear Fuel Network
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&c=666511&l=1009&ctl=1495C6C:A6F02AD83191E16016DCAC6639A962CF9574F7DCC14957C0 Report says gas fed
into second system of cascades this week and results of process
already obtained





Uranium conversion facility near Isfahan, Iran (file photo)News
reports from Iran say nuclear engineers have begun operating a second
network of centrifuges at a uranium enrichment facility, despite
threats of U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program.

Iran's student news agency ISNA Friday, quoted sources as saying gas
had been fed into a second system of cascades this week and that the
results of the process had already been obtained.

The report also said uranium had not yet been put into the system, but
could be in the next few days.

On Wednesday, Tehran confirmed it had installed new equipment to step
up uranium enrichment work.

Enrichment of uranium is carried out in lines of centrifuges called
cascades and is used to make the fuel for civilian nuclear reactors.
But in highly refined form enriched uranium can serve as the raw
material for atomic weapons.

Western nations, led by the United States, have accused Iran of
seeking to develop nuclear weapons. Tehran says its nuclear program
aims to produce electricity.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

 


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