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Source: https://isis-online.org/isis-reports/mobile/irans-natanz-tunnel-complex-deeper-larger-than-expected
Iran's Natanz Tunnel Complex: Deeper, Larger than Expected
(Institute for Science and International Security) David Albright - The new Natanz underground complex, located in the mountainous area south of the main uranium enrichment site, will feature halls more deeply buried than the Fordow uranium enrichment site, itself deeply buried. Both are significantly deeper underground than the buried centrifuge halls at the main Natanz site, each only eight meters below ground. The new underground complex also has the potential to be much larger than the Iran Centrifuge Assembly Center (ICAC), an aboveground facility at the Natanz site destroyed in July 2020 and slated for replacement in the new underground facility. Considering Iran's record of building clandestine nuclear facilities, getting greater clarity at what Iran intends to do at the new Natanz underground site should be a priority for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and all concerned countries.