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Article: Iran expands enrichment program, begins installing 6,000 new centrifuges
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- April 9, 2008
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GIL HOFFMAN and AP
Jerusalem Post
04-09-2008
Headline: Iran expands enrichment program, begins installing 6,000 new centrifuges
Byline: GIL HOFFMAN and AP
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 01
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 -- Iran has begun installing 6,000 new centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday - a move Western nations condemned as defiance of UN demands that Iran halt enrichment.
The announcement, which Western officials said could not be immediately confirmed, represented a major bid to expand enrichment, a process that can produce either fuel for a nuclear reactor or material for a warhead. Iran currently operates 3,000 centrifuges ...