Iran to build 10 new uranium enrichment sites
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (Xinhua): Iran's government ordered the Atomic Energy Organization to build 10 new uranium enrichment sites in the country, the state IRIB TV reported.
Under a government decree issued on Sunday, the Atomic Energy Organization will start the construction of five new uranium enrichment sites and will present its proposal for the locations of five others within two months, the report said.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said at a cabinet session Sunday that to produce 20,000 megawatt electricity, it is important to build 10 new nuclear enrichment sites at the scale of its main enrichment complex in the central city of Natanz.
The country also needs 500,000 centrifuges to generate the electricity required, Ahmadinejad added, according to IRIB.
Ahmadinejad defied the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA)'s call on Iran to implement the UN Security Council resolutions and to freeze the construction of its new nuclear enrichment site.
He said "We are dealing with the whole world in a friendly manner, we are not joking with anybody and will not allow the rights of Iranians to be violated."
IAEA board of governors passed a resolution during a meeting Friday in Vienna, calling for the "full cooperation" of Iran to clarify all outstanding issues involving its nuclear program.
It was reported that the resolution contained a strong call on Tehran to implement the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, as well as all the transparency measures the IAEA needed to restore confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program.
It also required Iran to stop construction on the newly-disclosed Fordo uranium enrichment facility near the central Iranian city of Qom.
On Sunday, Iran's Atomic Energy Organization chief Ali Akbar Salehi said on the sidelines of the government's meeting session that "the decision (of the government) is a strong response to the(recent) unfavorable move by five permanent members of UN Security Council plus Germany" and "10 new enrichment sites will be built."
Under a government decree issued on Sunday, the Atomic Energy Organization will start the construction of five new uranium enrichment sites and will present its proposal for the locations of five others within two months, the report said.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said at a cabinet session Sunday that to produce 20,000 megawatt electricity, it is important to build 10 new nuclear enrichment sites at the scale of its main enrichment complex in the central city of Natanz.
The country also needs 500,000 centrifuges to generate the electricity required, Ahmadinejad added, according to IRIB.
Ahmadinejad defied the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA)'s call on Iran to implement the UN Security Council resolutions and to freeze the construction of its new nuclear enrichment site.
He said "We are dealing with the whole world in a friendly manner, we are not joking with anybody and will not allow the rights of Iranians to be violated."
IAEA board of governors passed a resolution during a meeting Friday in Vienna, calling for the "full cooperation" of Iran to clarify all outstanding issues involving its nuclear program.
It was reported that the resolution contained a strong call on Tehran to implement the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, as well as all the transparency measures the IAEA needed to restore confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program.
It also required Iran to stop construction on the newly-disclosed Fordo uranium enrichment facility near the central Iranian city of Qom.
On Sunday, Iran's Atomic Energy Organization chief Ali Akbar Salehi said on the sidelines of the government's meeting session that "the decision (of the government) is a strong response to the(recent) unfavorable move by five permanent members of UN Security Council plus Germany" and "10 new enrichment sites will be built."