(AP-Washington Post) Nasser Karimi - Iran's uranium stockpile has nearly doubled in the last few years and Iran is close to finishing a factory where it can build more centrifuges to enrich it, Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said Wednesday. Iran has imported 400 tons of yellowcake uranium from Kazakhstan and Russia since 2015, bringing its stockpile to between 900 and 950 tons, up from 500 tons, Salehi said.
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