Home>News Center>World
         
 

Iran revives atom enrichment work
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-02-15 08:57

Iran on Tuesday resumed feeding uranium gas into centrifuges for nuclear-fuel enrichment after a break of 2-1/2 years, stoking a diplomatic showdown with the West which suspects Tehran secretly seeks to build atomic bombs.

Iran earlier on Tuesday announced it was deferring until next week talks on a Russian proposal to defuse the standoff, but gave no sign it was ready to stop purifying uranium on its own soil -- the key element in Moscow's plan.


Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad listens to the translation of a speech during a meeting with foreign ambassadors in Tehran, February 13, 2006. [Reuters]
Officials close to the International Atomic Energy Agency said IAEA inspectors observed Iranian scientists on Tuesday putting uranium hexafluoride (UF6) gas into a small number of centrifuges, machines that convert uranium into fuel for nuclear reactors or, if enriched to high levels, warheads.

Gholamreza Aghazadeh, director of Iran's atomic program, was quoted by ISNA students news agency as saying the centrifuge work relaunched at the Natanz pilot fuel enrichment plant was on a "small and laboratory scale."

"Injecting gas into one or a few centrifuges could not be termed enrichment," he was quoted as saying.

A diplomat close to the IAEA, the Vienna-based U.N. nuclear watchdog, said inspectors watched Iranians doing test infusions of UF6 into "less than 10 centrifuges" among a cascade of 164 operational at Natanz before it was mothballed in 2003.

Earlier in the day, Iran said no actual uranium enrichment work had begun but that preliminary work was under way to prepare centrifuges for production after the extended suspension in such work, maintained under Western pressure.

The West suspects Iran of trying to develop atom bombs under cover of a civilian atomic energy drive and persuaded the IAEA's governing board last week to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council for possible action, which could include sanctions.


Page: 12



South Korean FM to run for top post of UN
Saddam forced to attend trial
Baghdad blast kills 7, wounds 47
 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

'Regulation of Internet in line with world norms'

 

   
 

Hu pledges to improve farmers' lot

 

   
 

US told not to politicize trade issue

 

   
 

China rejects covert agents charges

 

   
 

Saddam, co-defendants go on hunger strike

 

   
 

Payout scheme for animal attack victims

 

   
  Hunter shot by Cheney has heart attack
   
  Iran resumes enrichment of uranium
   
  Saddam tells court he is on hunger strike
   
  Palestinian parliament strengthens Abbas
   
  Saddam lashes out at Bush, judge in court
   
  New York Times criticizes "inflammatory statements" by Japanese FM
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: www.日韩三级www.日日爱| 亚洲砖码砖专无区2023| 免费观看激色视频网站(性色)| 好硬好爽老师再深点| 亚洲AV之男人的天堂| 爱情岛论坛免费观看大全在线| 国产情侣真实露脸在线| 97色精品视频在线观看| 成人影院wwwwwwwwwww| 亚洲av无码片在线播放| 澳门a毛片免费观看| 四虎.com官网| 韩国成人在线视频| 国产视频福利在线| √新版天堂资源在线资源| 日本一卡2卡3卡4卡无卡免费| 亚洲人成www在线播放| 热re99久久精品国产99热| 和搜子居的日子2中文版| 黑人巨大videos极度另类| 国产肝交视频在线观看| www国产亚洲精品久久久日本| 日批免费观看视频| 亚洲AV成人片色在线观看高潮| 欧美黑人巨大白妞出浆| 免费看男女做好爽好硬视频| 草久在线观看视频| 国产无遮挡又黄又爽在线视频| 91在线国内在线播放大神| 女人把私人部位扒开视频在线看| 丰满女邻居的嫩苞张开视频| 暖暖直播在线观看| 亚洲日本中文字幕天堂网| 理论片在线观看免费| 午夜视频在线观看国产www| 高清中文字幕在线| 国产精品东北一极毛片 | 男女免费观看在线爽爽爽视频| 国产91在线免费| 青青青激情视频在线最新| 国产漂亮白嫩美女在线观看|