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Iran to use new type of centrifuge for second enrichment site

Iran plans to use a new generation of centrifuges for enriching uranium at its newly-disclosed nuclear fuel facility, its atomic energy chief said in remarks published on Tuesday.
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October 6, 2009

Iran plans to use a new generation of centrifuges for enriching uranium at its newly-disclosed nuclear fuel facility, its atomic energy chief said in remarks published on Tuesday.

The underground enrichment plant near the holy Shi’ite city of Qom had been kept secret until Iran disclosed its existence last month, setting off an international furor.

Iran agreed with six world powers—the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany—in Geneva on October 1 to allow inspectors from the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access to the site.

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