Iran opens new uranium production facility
Iran, under global sanctions for its nuclear enrichment program, on Tuesday launched a new uranium production facility and began operations in two extraction mines, Iranian state television said.
The mines in the city of Saghand in central Iran operate 350 meters (1,150 feet) underground and are within 120 kilometers (75 miles) of the new yellowcake production facility in the city of Ardakan, in Yazd province, the television said. (AFP)
