Natanz Nuclear Facility

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The Natanz Nuclear Facility (Persian: تأسیسات هسته‌ای نطنز), officially the Shahid Ahmadi Roshan Nuclear Facilities (Persian: تأسیسات هسته‌ای شهید احمدی روشن), is one of the nuclear facilities in Iran, which was built near Natanz for uranium enrichment. This center is part of Iran's nuclear program. The underground enrichment facility of this center is protected by a concrete shield with a thickness of approximately 7.6 m (25 ft). According to the Iranian authorities, the gas centrifuges in this center were built 40–50 metres (130–160 ft) underground, for safety reasons. and also for being safe from "possible air attack". The existence of this nuclear center was first exposed in 2002 by the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran. Under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Natanz was to be the only uranium enrichment site in Iran for 15 years, where it would enrich uranium up to 3.67%, under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards including 24-hour monitoring. In June...

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