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Saturday, January 27, 2007

3000 Centrifuges Coming to an Iranian reactor Near You

The head of the Iranian Parliament's Foreign Policy and National Security committee was quoted as stating that "We are right now installing 3,000 centrifuges," this week.

Iran would need to install large nmbers of centrifuges to enrich uranium to run either a nuclear reactor or to make nuclear weapons grade uranium.

Iranian officials have previously stated that such work would begin soon and the UN recently stated that they expect Iran to begin the process within a month in an underground facillity.

Iran's goal is to grow their enrichment production capacity to 54,000 Centrifuges to allow for faster cycl time.  Currently all Iranian centrifuges are located above ground.

The move underground seems like a practical move to protect the facillity from potential air strikes or satellite cameras.

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