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Iran resumes producing UF4 after nine years
Baku, Azerbaijan – The governor of Iranian Isfahan province said July 4 that the production of uranium tetrafluoride has been resumed at Isfahan USF Facility. “I am very glad to see that on the Supreme Leader and the president’s order, UF4 production has been resumed after nine-year stop in this complex,” Mohsen Mehralizadeh said, Mehr […]
Iran reopens nuclear plant and threatens more uranium enrichment if nuke deal falls apart
Iran’s Atomic Energy Agency announced Wednesday that a nuclear plant that had been sitting idle for the past nine years has now been reopened. Tehran in recent weeks has prepared to increase its uranium enrichment efforts as the remaining European members of the Iran nuclear deal struggle to keep it together, Newsmax this week reported. Following […]
AP Explains: Iran reopens uranium plant in its latest gamble
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says it has restarted production at a “major” uranium facility involved in its nuclear program, though it still pledges to follow the terms of the country’s landmark atomic deal now under threat after President Donald Trump pulled America out of the accord. Iranian comments about the Isfahan plant, which produces […]
Iran reopens UF6 factory
TEHRAN – Iran has reopened a UF6 facility in the central province of Isfahan which had been shut down in 2009 for lack of enough yellow cake, the facility’s input material. After nine years, the factory was fed yellow cake for the first time in nine years, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran reported on […]
Iran launches UF6 production facility to increase uranium enrichment capacity
Iran has launched a UF6 production plant as part of preparations ordered by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to increase uranium enrichment capacity. The plant for the production of uranium hexafluoride is a major part of the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) in Isfahan. The first barrel of yellowcake, the basic raw […]
Iran to restart uranium capacity building process, says country’s nuclear agency
Iran will start a process to boost its capacity to produce uranium hexafluoride, which is used for centrifuges Tehran will inform the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA on Tuesday that the country will start a process to increase its uranium enrichment capacity, Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi told ISNA news agency. “In a letter […]
UF6: Leader’s aide puts forward proposals to counter US breaches
A senior adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has put forward a number of propositions to develop the country’s nuclear capabilities and counter US breaches of the Iran deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), weeks after President Donald Trump pulled his country out of the agreement. Ali Akbar […]
Uranium Hexafluoride Contamination Class Action Filed
A class action federal lawsuit has been filed in Metropolis, Illinois, against Honeywell International for uranium hexafluoride (U6). The federal complaint alleges that “Exposure to this radioactive and toxic mixture in the environment through human pathways can cause grave bodily injury and has created a need for a mitigation/abatement program to protect the public from […]
Prez launches integrated centre for crisis management at BARC
Mumbai, May 15 (PTI) President Ram Nath Kovind today inaugurated an integrated centre for crisis management (ICCM) at the iconic Bhabha Atomic Research Centre here that will help the nation respond more effectively to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear emergencies. The new facility will monitor radiological data from a network of 504 radiation sensors across […]