Iran plans new centrifuges for 2nd enrichment site

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Iran plans new centrifuges for 2nd enrichment site
(AP) – 6 hours ago

TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian newspaper is reporting that the country plans to install a more advanced type of centrifuge in its newly revealed uranium enrichment site.

Tuesday's Kayhan daily quotes the head of Iran's nuclear agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, as saying the country has carried out research and development for a new generation of centrifuge to be made domestically.

The machines would be more advanced than the decades old P-1 type centrifuges acquired on the black market and in use at Iran's other enrichment facility in Natanz.

Iran's enrichment of uranium is the central concern of the United States and other nations negotiating with the country over its nuclear work. The technology can be used to make fuel for power plants and nuclear weapons.

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