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July 28, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600678.html

Iran Claims It Has 6,000 Centrifuges for Uranium Enrichment

[AP/Washington Post ] Ali Akbar Dareini - Iranian President Ahmadinejad said Saturday his country now possesses 6,000 centrifuges, double the 3,000 uranium-enriching machines Iran had previously said it was operating. "Announcements like this, whatever the true number is, are not productive and will only serve to further isolate Iran from the international community," said White House spokesman Carlton Carroll. Iran says it plans to move toward large-scale uranium enrichment that will ultimately involve 54,000 centrifuges that could churn out enough enriched material for dozens of nuclear weapons.

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