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08:37, 07-Jun-2018
Iran informs IAEA its 'tentative schedule' to boost uranium enrichment
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Iran has informed the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), of its plans to boost uranium enrichment.
"The agency received a letter from Iran on June 4 informing the agency that there is a tentative schedule to start production of UF6," a spokesman for the IAEA said on Wednesday.
UF6, or uranium hexafluoride, is a chemical compound which serves as feedstock for centrifuges, the machines that enrich uranium.
November 26 , 2008: UF6 are seen as models during an exhibition about Iran's nuclear program at Tehran University in Tehran, Iran. /VCG Photo
November 26 , 2008: UF6 are seen as models during an exhibition about Iran's nuclear program at Tehran University in Tehran, Iran. /VCG Photo
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said earlier this week he had ordered preparations to increase uranium enrichment capacity if the nuclear deal fell apart after the US withdrawal. He believed the decision does not violate the deal.
Under the deal, Iran is allowed to have low-enriched uranium, instead of weapons-grade uranium.
(Cover: IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano waits for the start of a board of governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 4, 2018. /VCG Photo)
Source(s): Xinhua News Agency