“Iran plans to install a small-scale gas ultracentrifuge cascade in its pilot fuel enrichment plant at Natanz,” a Western diplomat said, reading from ElBaradei’s report to the 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Citing the report, the diplomat said that during its research work on centrifuges — machines that purify uranium for use in nuclear power plants or weapons — Iran planned to feed a small amount of uranium hexafluoride into the centrifuges.
A senior Iranian official had earlier denied any suggestion that Iran was resuming the production of nuclear fuel at the Natanz facility in central Iran.