Iran says it enriches uranium to 60% purity at plant site - Portland Press Herald

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60% : The IAEA also said that Iran plans a "significant expansion" in its production of low-enriched uranium at Fordo and a second production building at Natanz.
57% :AdvertisementEarlier this month, the IAEA said it believes that Iran has further increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
57% : Iran began 60% enrichment in Natanz in 2019.
50% : Fordo is some 62 miles south of the capital of Tehran.
47% : TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran has begun producing enriched uranium at 60% purity at the country's underground Fordo nuclear plant, official media reported Tuesday, describing it as a response to a resolution by the United Nations' nuclear watchdog.
46% : The IAEA's assessment came as efforts to revive Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which eased sanctions on Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear program, have stalled.
44% : Nonproliferation experts have warned in recent months that Iran now has enough 60%-enriched uranium to reprocess into fuel for at least one nuclear bomb.
34% : A separate report said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi is "seriously concerned" that Iran has still not engaged on the agency's probe into man-made uranium particles at the three undeclared sites - the key sticking point in the talks for a renewed nuclear deal.
29% : As recently as last week, the agency criticized Tehran for continuing to bar the agency's officials from accessing or monitoring Iranian nuclear sites.
24% : It reimposed sanctions on Iran, prompting Tehran to start backing away from the deal's terms.
18% : Natanz was target of sabotage in 2021 , an explosion that hit new halls for installing centrifuge machines as Iran called that a "nuclear terrorism" and a shadow war between Tehran and Israel, the prime suspect in the sabotage, raged.

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