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Is the Qom enrichment facility a repurposed tunnel complex?

Is the Qom enrichment facility a repurposed tunnel complex? photo

September 29, 2009

The analysis of commercial satellite imagery from 2004, 2005 and 2009 seems to suggest that the recently disclosed Qom centrifuge enrichment facility in Iran may have previously been a tunnel complex not specifically designated for enrichment purposes. The limited early construction as compared to the greatly increased pace that follows seem to suggested that the facility was converted to house centrifuges after the AEOI chose the site for the task.

Read the full imagery brief at: Qom Gas Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment Site in Iran May Have Been Re-purposed Tunnel Facility.

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