Iran is one step closer to producing nuclear uranium. At its underground nuclear facility in Fordo, it has succeeded in enriching uranium to a purity of 60 percent. The UN nuclear regulator IAEA has been informed about this in a letter, the semi-official Iranian news agency ISNA reported on Tuesday.
In addition, more centrifuges will be built in Fordo (pictured below in a satellite image) and in Natanz, according to Iranian broadcaster SNN. In another location, Iran is already enriching uranium to 60 percent, well above the 3.67 percent limit set in the 2015 nuclear deal. For nuclear weapons, the radioactive material must be enriched to 90 percent.
The Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP) is a nuclear facility south of Tehran, about 30 kilometers north of the city of Qom. It is located on a former military site, in a tunnel system 60 meters underground. Production of 20 percent uranium resumed here in January 2021 after Iran withdrew from the Vienna Nuclear Accord in November 2020.
Nuclear deal currently on hold
The nuclear deal has been on the verge of failure for years. Attempts to salvage the agreement have recently failed and are now effectively suspended. Traces of uranium were recently discovered at three undeclared Iranian sites, according to diplomats. The IAEA has therefore issued a resolution asking Iran to cooperate in the investigation of this incident.
Source: Krone
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