AP: “DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Near a peak of the Zagros Mountains in central Iran, workers are building a nuclear facility so deep in the earth that it is likely beyond the range of a last-ditch U.S. weapon designed to destroy such sites, according to experts and satellite imagery analyzed by The Associated Press.”
“The photos and videos from Planet Labs PBC show Iran has been digging tunnels in the mountain near the Natanz nuclear site, which has come under repeated sabotage attacks amid Tehran’s standoff with the West over its atomic program.”
Satellite images show construction at Iranian nuclear facility.
HT: “Iran is constructing an indestructible nuclear facility. Iran is building a nuclear facility so deep in the earth that it could possibly be beyond the range of a last-ditch United States weapons designed to destroy such weapons.”
World Nuclear News.
“One nuclear power reactor is operating in Iran, after many years’ construction. Construction commenced on a second large Russian-designed unit at the Bushehr site in November 2019, and a third unit is planned. The country also has a major programme developing uranium enrichment, which was concealed for many years.”
Iran began limiting its enrichment-related activities and ceasing its work on heavy water-related projects under the internationally-agreed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. However, following the USA’s withdrawal from the agreement in 2018, the country began enriching uranium again.
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