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Iran's nuclear programme suffered one-day outage: IAEA
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Iran's nuclear programme suffered one-day outage: IAEA
VIENNA (AFP) - – Iran's uranium enrichment activities came to a complete halt for at least one day this month, a new restricted UN report revealed Tuesday, amid speculation the activities were the target of a cyberattack.
"On November 16, no cascades (of uranium-enriching centrifuges at Iran's Natanz enrichment nuclear plant) were being fed with UF6 (uranium hexaflouride)," the International Atomic Energy Agency wrote in a restricted report, a copy of which was obtained by AFP.
During a visit on November 5, IAEA inspectors had verified that more than 4,800 such centrifuges were being fed with nuclear material. And almost the same number were up and running again on November 22.
There was no indication yet how long the outage lasted, or whether it was longer than just one day, according to a senior diplomat familiar with the IAEA's investigation.
The IAEA report did not contain any explanation about the possible reasons for the outage.
And the diplomat also refused to speculate that it was caused by a computer worm, called Stuxnet, that has infiltrated Iran's nuclear facilities recently.
Last week, the computer security firm Symantec said Stuxnet may have been specifically designed to disrupt the motors that power gas centrifuges used to enrich uranium.
That has given rise to speculation the worm was intended to sabotage nuclear facilities in Iran, especially the Russian-built atomic power plant in the southern city of Bushehr.
The report revealed that Iran has now amassed a stockpile of 3,183 kilogrammes of low-enriched uranium in defiance of orders by the UN Security Council to halt all such activity.
Low-enriched uranium or LEU can be used to make nuclear fuel, but can also be refined still further to build an atomic warhead.
The West accuses the Islamic republic of seeking to build a bomb, a claim Tehran vehemently denies.
The IAEA has been trying to determine for seven years now the exact nature of Iran's nuclear drive, but has so far been unable to say it is entirely peaceful as Tehran claims.
Earlier this year, Iran also began enriching uranium to 20 percent, ostensibly for use as fuel in a research reactor that makes radioisotopes for medical treatment. As a result of its decision to move to higher enrichment, the Security Council slapped a fourth round of sanctions on Iran.
According to the new report, Iran has since amassed 33 kilogrammes of 20-percent enriched uranium.
IAEA inspectors found that while Iran was feeding nuclear material into more and more uranium-enriching centrifuges at its plant in Natanz, the actual daily rate of production of LEU was not increasing significantly.
That also could be an indication of possible technical problems, experts say.
At the time of the IAEA's last report in September, some 23 so-called cascades of centrifuges were being fed with nuclear material out of 54 cascades altogether. As of November 22, that number had increased to 29, but the daily rate of LEU production was little changed at around 120 kilogrammes.
"Although an increased number of cascades are being fed, there is no increase in the production rate. In fact, efficiency has come down," the diplomat said.
At the same time, the report complained that little had changed by way of the IAEA's overall investigation.
Iran was refusing to halt enrichment or answer questions that the nuclear watchdog has had for the past two years about a possible military dimension to Tehran's nuclear work, the report said.
The nine-page document has been circulated to IAEA member states and will be discussed by the agency's 35-member board of governors at the beginning of December.
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