Iran Boosts Uranium Enrichment Program

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TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran has begun to triple its capacity to enrich uranium, a process that can produce fuel for nuclear weapons or power plants, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Tuesday on state television.

Iran has about 3,000 centrifuges operating, according to international inspectors. Ahmadinejad said his country had begun installing 6,000 more. Arms control experts estimate 3,000 centrifuges, operating continuously for a year, can produce enough highly enriched uranium for one nuclear bomb.

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Iran Boosts Uranium Enrichment Program

Iran's nuclear ambitions worry the United States and its allies, which accuse Iran of using a civilian atomic energy prog...

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