uranium enrichment

Three weeks ago it revealed the existence of a uranium enrichment plant, potentially giving it a new pathway to make nuclear bomb material.

The unveiling of a new uranium enrichment facility this month could also have been part of an attempt to build Kim Jong-eun's power base.

But Iran's chief negotiator, Saeed Jalili, said he would not discuss suspending uranium enrichment.

The UN nuclear watchdog says in a report that Iran has doubled the number of uranium enrichment centrifuges it has in an underground bunker.

Washington says it believes that North Korea is operating at least one more uranium enrichment site than Pyongyang has so far acknowledged.

The multinational talks took place in Switzerland. Iran ruled out freezing uranium enrichment, but agreed to resume talks in two weeks.

Iran said it had resumed uranium enrichment, prompting Russia and France to call on Tehran to halt its work.

The United States has said it would not negotiate directly with the Iranians until they suspend uranium enrichment.

Iran says its uranium enrichment program is to make fuel for nuclear energy. But enriched uranium could also be used for bombs.

Meanwhile, Mr. Kan said he expressed concerns during the summit about North Korea's uranium enrichment.

And Iran's foreign minister threatens to resume Teheran's uranium enrichment program if talks with European Nations in London fail.

She says the fact that Iran sought to hide the construction of a second uranium enrichment plant calls Tehran's claims into question.

In January, Iran broke IAEA seals that barred access at a uranium enrichment plant and said it would resume nuclear fuel research.

The IAEA admonished Tehran and insisted on snap inspections and a halt to its uranium enrichment program.

Then there is the suspected uranium-enrichment project: tricky to inspect, since the Americans are not even sure where it might be.

North Korea's recently disclosed uranium enrichment program will be on the agenda of future discussions, he said.

On Wednesday, Tehran confirmed it had installed new equipment to step up uranium enrichment work.

The October fuel deal was a gamble: Iran called it an acceptance of its "right" to uranium enrichment.

The Bush administration made direct talks between the US and Iran conditional on Iranian suspension of its uranium enrichment programme.

U. S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill says Pyongyang continues to insist it has not engaged in uranium enrichment activities.

November's violence was also preceded by the revelation of a North Korean uranium enrichment program.

Q: Today, the DPRK reportedly claimed that it had made significant progress in developing uranium enrichment technology. How do you comment?

It has also announced plans to make more plutonium-based bombs, and to push ahead with a uranium-enrichment programme.

They put it there by making a public announcement that they had concluded the first experimental phase of a uranium-enrichment program.

To protect the light-water reactor fuel supply, with thousands of centrifuge uranium enrichment plant is a modern operation.

They want Tehran to be fully open about its nuclear program - including uranium enrichment and possible weapons development.

Internationalizing the nuclear fuel cycle, especially through internationally managed uranium enrichment facilities.

South Korean security officials say it is significant that the attack followed the unveiling of an undisclosed uranium enrichment facility.

The Americans say North Korea must account for the alleged uranium-enrichment programme that led to the current crisis.

Iran says it is installing newer and faster centrifuges at its nuclear plants, with the goal of speeding up the uranium enrichment process.

The concept of regional uranium enrichment has been discussed by Davidson, Saum and Link .

European Union foreign ministers have agreed to implement U. N. sanctions against Iran for refusing to stop uranium enrichment.

Iran has already begun moving part of its uranium- enrichment capacity to Fordow, a facility buried deep within a mountain near Qom.

Experts had long suspected that the North also had a covert uranium enrichment program, but Pyongyang denied it.

Until now Iran has defied successive sanctions-bearing UN Security Council resolutions calling on it to suspend its uranium enrichment.

The news that North Korea had built a sophisticated uranium enrichment plant was received with incredulity by Chinese media outlets.

Western governments are seeking a Security Council resolution that would oblige Iran to halt all uranium enrichment work, or face sanctions.

Last year it emerged it was developing another nuclear strand, with the unveiling of a state-of-the art uranium enrichment plant.

Mrs. Clinton also linked a diplomatic relationship to the end of North Korea's uranium enrichment program and human rights atrocities.

Moscow did however back a fourth round of sanctions against Tehran, which called for Iran to stop uranium enrichment.

Jones said it was significant that Iran had agreed to inspections of the new uranium enrichment site near Qom.

The United Nations nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, has voted to censure Iran for developing a uranium enrichment site in secret.

Q: The DPRK revealed its uranium enrichment facilities to a visiting US scientist. Could you comment?

Iran removes seals at its Natanz uranium enrichment plant and confirms it has begun 'small-scale' work.

So are electronic copies of detailed, e-mailable designs for a uranium-enrichment plant.

Iran's president said his nation is expanding the number of centrifuges and cascades for uranium enrichment.

Russian and Iranian officials have opened talks in Moscow on a proposal to allow Iran to conduct uranium enrichment on Russian soil.

And after the recent revelation of the North Korean uranium enrichment facility, the resumption of talks seemed in jeopardy.

Iran claims that its uranium enrichment activities are limited to developing civilian nuclear power capabilities.

Until September 2009, Western intelligence agencies found that the uranium enrichment plant, Iran's government to acknowledge its existence.

Iran has been under increasing international pressure to stop its uranium enrichment program.

Clinton says the Obama administration's call for dialogue provides more leverage in efforts to persuade Iran to halt uranium enrichment.

Iran ruled out (freezing) uranium (enrichment), but agreed to resume to talks in two weeks.

He questioned the administration's insistence on having Iran halt its uranium enrichment program before opening talks.

At Washington's urging, China finally expressed concern over North Korea's recently unveiled uranium enrichment plant.

It also includes United Nations Security Council action if Iran refuses to halt uranium enrichment and reprocessing .

Reported before, Iran had "violated" the UN demand to halt nuclear program ideas, many uranium enrichment activities.

Mr. Powell spoke after Iran once again rejected international demands to abandon its uranium enrichment program.

China has twice supported U. N. sanctions against Iran for refusing to fully cooperate and stop its uranium enrichment program.

In October 2002, Washington said Pyongyang had admitted having a secret and illegal uranium enrichment program to produce nuclear weapons.

It intends to become a major commercial plutonium hub and may develop a uranium enrichment industry.

Q: Since acknowledging its second uranium enrichment plant, Iran has also launched several test missiles.

Iran has consistently denied it is seeking a nuclear weapon and has insisted its uranium enrichment program is meant for peaceful purposes.

South Korea admitted experimenting with traces of plutonium, in 1982, and with uranium enrichment, in 2000.

'If so, there is a clear likelihood that DPRK has built other uranium enrichment-related facilities in its territory. '

Their major asset for developing nuclear weapons is the Natanz uranium enrichment facility.

The barrage came only days after North Korea revealed a new uranium-enrichment facility to American scientists.

Uranium enrichment is one necessary component of weapons development to build a nuclear bomb.

Iran's mining and milling of uranium ore are not banned by UN resolutions, which focus on the country's uranium enrichment program.

So far Iranhasevaded or strung out talks, as its uranium- enrichment machines havespunon.

In Washington on Sunday, U. S. officials voiced alarm about the apparent advances of North Korea's uranium-enrichment program.

On Saturday, it emerged that North Korea had also shown off what it claimed was a new uranium enrichment facility to an American scientist.

'We must first see some kind of sincere effort from North Korea on its uranium enrichment program and the latest incident. '

His administration has offered to join nuclear talks if Iran suspends uranium enrichment.

A: China is checking on the relevant situation mentioned in reports about the DPRK uranium enrichment program.

Disconcertingly, there is no sign that Washington or Seoul knew about the North's recently disclosed uranium enrichment plant.

The spokesman says Iran will not suspend uranium enrichment.

A more plausible target is Iran's uranium-enrichment plant at Natanz.

There were even murmurs to the effect that Pyongyang might suspend its uranium-enrichment programme.

The lion's share of state spending goes into the North's 1m-man army, uranium enrichment and atomic missile programme.

North Korea has entered the final phase of uranium enrichment, the country's state media has reported.

Natanz, about 100 miles north of Isfahan, is the site of an uranium enrichment plant.

The primary use of this technology, say experts we've spoken with, is uranium enrichment.

Iran ignored a UN deadline to suspend its uranium-enrichment programme by February 21st or face wider sanctions.

It doesn't have anything to do, in specifics, with centrifuges, with uranium enrichment.

In addition, Iran's first nuclear power station 29 acknowledges the uranium enrichment centrifuges by malicious computer viruses.

China has never exported sensitive technologies such as those for uranium enrichment, reprocessing and heavy water production.

We have to make sure there is no clandestine uranium enrichment program that is somehow undeclared and unexcavated.

A visit to the uranium enrichment facility in Natanz is also on the agenda.

Q: Does China have any response to the DPRK's announcement on the uranium enrichment?

The statements followed an order to officials from the Iranian president to increase uranium enrichment from 5 to 20 percent.

North Korea is believed to have 8 to 12 nuclear weapons and last year disclosed a new uranium-enrichment plant.

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