Sydney, Apr 9 (ANI): Iran has reportedly launched a new uranium production facility and began operations in two extraction mines.
According to state television, the mines in the city of Saghand operate 350 metres underground and are within 120 kilometres of the new yellowcake production facility in the city of Ardakan, in Yazd province.
The report said Ardakan facility had an estimated 60 tonnes output of yellowcake, which is an impure state of uranium oxide later used in enrichment processes.
The move comes as Iran is already under global sanctions for its nuclear enrichment program, the Herald Sun reports.
Iran argues that its enrichment activities are aimed at feeding a peaceful energy programme. (ANI)
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