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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/23/us-nuclear-iran-fordow-idUSBRE84M1AO20120523
Diplomats: Iran Installing More Centrifuges to Boost Nuclear Work
(Reuters) Fredrik Dahl - A UN watchdog report is expected to show that Iran has installed more uranium enrichment centrifuges at an underground site, potentially boosting output capacity of nuclear work major powers want it to stop, Western diplomatic sources say. Sources said Iran may have placed in position nearly 350 machines since February - in addition to the almost 700 centrifuges already operating at the Fordow facility - but they were not yet being used to refine uranium. Fordow is estimated to be buried beneath 80 meters of rock and soil. The last IAEA report in February said Iran had trebled output of 20%-enriched uranium since late 2011 after starting up production at Fordow.