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November 13, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jHz-Bz3Pa0Ivga_oNIvTbrBoIN7QD9BU4SNG0

Iran Began Building Second Nuclear Plant Seven Years Ago

[AP] George Jahn - Iran began building the recently revealed uranium enrichment hall near Qom seven years ago, diplomats said Thursday. A senior official from a European nation said the enrichment hall is too small to house the thousands of centrifuges needed for peaceful industrial nuclear enrichment, but is the right size to contain the advanced machines that could generate the amount of weapons-grade uranium needed to make nuclear warheads. Citing satellite imagery, the diplomats said Iran started building the plant in 2002, paused for two years in 2004, and resumed construction in 2006.

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