Iran reports ‘accident’ in construction near Iran’s Natanz nuclear

July 2, 2020  Middle East, Featured, Worldwide Leave a comment 256 Views

Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz in 300 kms 186 (miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran, Monday April, 9, 2007. Iran announced Monday that it has begun enriching uranium with 3,000 centrifuges, a dramatic expansion of a nuclear program that has drawn U.N. sanctions and condemnation from the West. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said at a ceremony at the enrichment facility at Natanz that Iran was now capable of enriching nuclear fuel "on an industrial scale." Asked if Iran has begun injecting uranium gas into 3,000 centrifuges for enrichment, top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani replied, "Yes." He did not elaborate, but it was the first confirmation that Iran had installed the larger set of centrifuges after months of saying it intends to do so. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

The prefabricated steel framework of Natanz open site has broken, spokesman for Iran Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) Behrouz Kamalvandi said on Thursday.

Kamalvandi said the accident happened on Thursday morning at the open site of Natanz facility under construction, but, it caused no human casualties nor has it disrupted the ongoing activities at the site.

He dismissed concerns about possible nuclear pollution in the wake of the accident, saying the pre-fabricated steel framework was on the open site of Natanz facility and was not operational.

Expert teams from the AEOI have been deployed to investigate the factors leading to the damage of the pre-fabricated steel framework, he added.

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