Iran To Triple Capacity To Enrich 20% Uranium

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Source: Agence France-Presse

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran plans to triple its capacity to purify uranium later this year when it transfers the work from the central city of Natanz to the Fordo site, the country's nuclear chief said on Wednesday.

The announcement brought immediate condemnation from France which termed Iran's plans a "provocation", and accused Tehran of repeated violations of international law.

"We will transfer the 20 percent enrichment from Natanz to the Fordo site this year, under the supervision of the (International Atomic Energy) Agency," Iran's atomic chief Fereydoon Abbasi Davani was quoted as saying by state television's website.

"We will also triple the (production) capacity. The 20 percent enrichment will not be stopped at Natanz until the production level is three times higher than its current rate," he said.

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