AEOI Spokesman:

Mechanical Tests on IR-9 Centrifuges Begin

Date: 06 April 2021 - 21:47

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TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi said on Tuesday that the country has started mechanical tests on its indigenized advanced IR-9 centrifuge machines.
"One of the progresses made in the field of enrichment is starting the mechanical tests on IR-9 centrifuge machines which are able to produce 50,000 SWUs (Separative Working Units of enriched uranium),” Kamalvandi told Iranian students news agency today.
He added that the IR-9 is one of the most important advanced centrifuge machines in Iran which has been manufactured based on new standard methods.
Iran to Unveil 133 Nuclear Achievements
Kamalvandi also said that the AEOI will unveil more than 133 achievements in the nuclear industry area on the National Day of Nuclear Technology.
Some 133 new achievements in various areas of the nuclear industry, including quantum, enrichment, heavy water, and laser have been successfully achieved by the AEOI scientists’ efforts over the past year, the spokesman said.
These achievements will be unveiled, inaugurated, and launched in the form of exhibitions and 11 cases in video-conference and 8 of them in person by President Hassan Rouhani on the occasion of National Nuclear Technology Day.
Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to Vienna-based International Organizations Kazzem Qaribabadi announced in February that the country’s nuclear experts have installed new centrifuges at Natanz and Fordow sites in Central Iran.
"Thanks to our diligent nuclear scientists, two cascades of 348 IR2m centrifuges with almost 4 times the capacity of IR1 are now running with UF6 successfully in Natanz. Installation of 2 cascades of IR6 centrifuges has also started in Fordow,” Qaribabadi wrote on his twitter page.
He added that more new centrifuges are due to be installed at the two nuclear facilities "soon”.
"The IAEA is yet able to verify and is informed of the progress as planned,” Qaribabadi said.
Also, Kamalvandi announced late in January that the country plans to install 1,000 new IR2M centrifuge machines at Natanz nuclear site in 3 months.