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Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-iran-nuclear-iaeabre94k0li-20130521,0,3617121.story
Iran Acts to Expand Sensitive Nuclear Capacity
(Reuters-Chicago Tribune) Fredrik Dahl - The next quarterly report on Iran's nuclear program by the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), expected on Wednesday, is likely to show continued installation of the centrifuges used for enriching uranium, Western diplomats said Tuesday. That would include the advanced IR-2m model which would enable Iran to speed up sharply its accumulation of refined uranium. The number of IR-2m centrifuges and empty centrifuge casings that have been put in place at Iran's main enrichment site near Natanz is expected to have risen significantly since February. One Western envoy said Iran was also believed to be pressing ahead in the construction of a reactor near Arak that could yield plutonium for nuclear arms.