Iran Poised to Expand Uranium Enrichment at Underground Facility

(AP-Washington Post) Diplomats said Iran is completing the electrical circuitry, piping and supporting equipment for the installation of thousands of new-generation centrifuges at its fortified underground Fordo facility. The diplomats added that the older centrifuges now operating there can be reconfigured within days to make fissile warhead material because they already are enriching to 20% - a level that can be boosted quickly to weapons-grade quality.


2012-02-20 00:00:00

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