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	Natanz - Iran Special Weapons Facilities
		By mid-2004 the Natanz centrifuge facility was hardened with a roof of several meters of reinforced concrete and buried under a layer of earth some 75 feet deep.
		Natanz is a small mountain town located about 80 kilometers from Kashan, famed for its bracing climate and fruit orchards.
		The Jame mosque of Natanz evokes history itself and is surrounded by lush and green garden.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/world/iran/natanz.htm (1994 words)

	USATODAY.com - Natanz plant in Iran is focus of nuclear concerns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		NATANZ URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANT, Iran — Buried under brown mounds that blend perfectly into the craggy desert landscape, Iran's largest known nuclear facility is recognizable from the road only because it is surrounded by watchtowers and anti-aircraft batteries.
		The Natanz facility, about 160 miles south of Tehran, is big enough to hold 50,000 centrifuges and could produce enough uranium for 25 10-kiloton nuclear bombs a year, according to David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security, a Washington think tank specializing in nuclear issues.
		"Natanz is a frozen facility," said Mark Gwozdecky, an IAEA spokesman in Vienna.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-02-21-natanz-iran_x.htm (1097 words)

	Assault on Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Natanz nuclear facility survived as a top-secret operation until 2002, when a group of exiled Iranians presented the outside world with details of the site, shocking the US and United Nations, and frightening the world.
		The Natanz facility is a extensive complex that includes an administrative building and an immense underground bunker.
		Once the focus of suspicion due to its concealed location and secretive operation, Natanz now serves as a serious concern because of its massive size and the grave military repercussions that may come with its development.
	www.kumawar.com /assaultoniran/satellite.php (271 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Mixed views near Iran nuclear site
		Twenty five kilometers away in the town of Natanz the highlight of the week is the Thursday bazaar.
		Natanz - some 250km (150 miles) south of Tehran - used to be known for its juicy pears from the orchards surrounding the town, but now it has a new kind of fame.
		Her family moved to Natanz from Tehran 12 years ago and now she wishes she could afford to leave.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/5008556.stm (614 words)

	Iran's Sitting Duck: A nuclear attack on Natanz would make no sense - Council on Foreign Relations
		Discussion focuses on Natanz, where Iran is building laboratories to enrich uranium, ostensibly for nuclear energy but also useful for making a nuclear bomb.
		But the precise locations of the underground chambers at Natanz are well known—they were built in open pits, visible to American satellites, before being covered with concrete, rock and dirt.
		Natanz poses no imminent threat—the worst-case prediction is that, in several years, the Iranians might produce enough material for a nuclear bomb, but we do not worry that any weapons there endanger us now.
	www.cfr.org /publication/10463/irans_sitting_duck.html (767 words)

	Middle East Newsline -
		At least 10 surface-to-air missile batteries were seen around the uranium enrichment plant at Natanz, located about 250 kilometers south of Teheran.
		The batteries were seen during a tour by journalists of Natanz, the first conducted by Iran's government.
		Officials said the Soviet-origin anti-aircraft batteries were meant to protect Natanz from an Israeli or U.S. air attack.
	www.menewsline.com /stories/2005/april/04_01_3.html (167 words)

	Iranians upgrading nuclear fuel facilities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Iran's timetable remains unknown, but the officials said preparatory work is under way at the plant and the decision to rely on the superior type of centrifuge suggests Iran could manufacture fissile material for a possible weapon sooner than expected.
		The complex at Natanz, about 150 miles south of Tehran, is the heart of Iran's enrichment effort.
		Journalists taken on a government tour of Natanz in March reported that the 1,100-acre site is ringed by at least 10 anti-aircraft batteries.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05160/518301.stm (1018 words)

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		One is described by the IAEA as a pilot enrichment plant ''nearing completion of construction,'' and the second, a ''large commercial-scale fuel enrichment plant also under construction.'' The IAEA also confirmed that Iran throughout the 1990s had carried out a nuclear fuel cycle development program outside of IAEA safeguards.
		At the same time, some Western government officials involved in preparing the board meeting said in May that speculation had arisen whether Israel, which is not a member of the NPT and which in 1981 destroyed Iraq's French-supplied Osirak research reactor, would once again attack a critical nuclear installation in a hostile neighboring state.
		The IAEA is continuing to discuss details of Iran's nuclear activities with the Iranian government and is to report to the board again on the subject in September.
	www.tau.ac.il /jcss/nw0307.doc (1120 words)

	The Iranian Gas Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment Plant at Natanz
		The Natanz site is surrounded by a security fence and has many buildings, including underground facilities, representing a large uranium enrichment complex.
		Other information about Iran's centrifuge program suggests that even if the Natanz site was destroyed militarily, Iran's decentralized gas centrifuge program could not be bombed out of existence, meaning that Iran could relative rapidly build a small gas centrifuge facility that would be extremely difficult to detect.
		The two underground structures at Natanz do not appear large enough to achieve this enrichment capacity, but Iran may be trying to provide a significant fraction of this anticipated capacity over the next two decades.
	www.isis-online.org /publications/iran/natanz03_02.html (1938 words)

	Inspectors alarmed by Iran's nuclear potential / Network of centrifuges are of type used to process uranium for weapons
		American officials believe that Natanz is part of a long suspected nuclear weapons program, an Iranian project that American intelligence believes has benefited from assistance from Pakistan and that is far more advanced than Iraq's.
		The site near Natanz has long been of concern to American intelligence agencies, which had concluded that Iran is building a large gas centrifuge plant there to enrich uranium.
		Iran also says the Natanz facility will be under international safeguards, which means there will be monitoring equipment to check enrichment levels and regular inspections to make sure that no enriched uranium is diverted.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/02/23/MN84847.DTL (960 words)

	Iran: U.S. Dismisses Nuclear Tour As 'Staged Media Event'
		Washington and the European Union fear Iran could be using nuclear centrifuges at Natanz and elsewhere to produce heavily enriched uranium for nuclear weapons.Khatami, who accompanied the tour, admitted that Tehran plans to enrich uranium as part of what he calls a "pilot program" at Natanz.
		And they were not allowed to visit the pilot enrichment facility at Natanz to inspect dozens of centrifuges that were sealed off by IAEA inspectors in October 2003 pending discussions with the European Union on the future of its nuclear program.
		In Washington, U.S. State Department spokesman Adam Ereli dismissed the tour of Natanz as a "staged media event" that falls short of the openness needed to end Iran's nuclear dispute with the United States and the European Union.
	www.iwar.org.uk /news-archive/2005/03-31-2.htm (787 words)

	albawaba.com middle east news information::Iran opens up uranium enrichment facility to foreign press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Talking to reporters, Deputy IAEO Head for International and Planning Affairs Mohammad Saeedi termed the uranium enrichment project of Natanz as the "heart of the fuel cycle" of Iran, saying President Khatami was briefed on nuclear know-how developed by Iranian experts.
		He stressed that all processes of enrichment have been suspended in Natanz complex and said executive works of the project were launched in 2000.
		The uranium enrichment complex of Natanz, in an area of some 450 hectares, is located 40 kilometers away from the city of Kashan.
	www.albawaba.com /en/countries/Iran/182019 (284 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Strange bedfellows
		So, strange as it seems, they have each charged that if the Iranians are "allowed" to begin full-scale operation of their uranium-enrichment facility at Natanz or their nuclear power reactor at Bushehr, Iran will soon be producing "fissile" material with which to make nukes and/or to give to terrorists.
		Nevertheless, the loony-lefties charge the Iranians can modify Natanz to produce just pounds of output, rather than tons, and the stupid on-site IAEA inspectors will never notice, nor be competent enough to perform a simple test to determine isotopic composition of the output.
		So, the neo-crazies say, "Maybe not now, but as soon as the Natanz facility is up and running, the Iranians will abrogate their Safeguards agreement, throw the IAEA inspectors out and begin producing weapons-grade uranium by the ton.
	worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38076 (865 words)

	SPC: Uranium Enrichment at Natanz - 1-10-06
		While making preparations for the Natanz site, the regime has at the same time continued with its plan for building centrifuge machines, which is a clear breach of its agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Union (EU) to freeze all enrichment-related activities.
		In future phases, the regime intends to restart the nuclear fuel cycle process in Natanz, step-by-step, until the international community is faced with a fait accompli.
		Given the secret construction of the Natanz site, (revealed for the first time in 2002 by the Iranian resistance), and the significant role of the military elements, it is obvious that the regime’s main goal is to achieve uranium enrichment in order to build nuclear weapons.
	www.iranwatch.org /privateviews/SPC/perspex-spc-jafarzadeh-natanz-011006.htm (1708 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Iran opens secret nuclear plant
		Natanz, some 250km (150 miles) south of Tehran, was a closely-guarded secret until late 2002 when its existence was revealed by an Iranian exile group.
		They were taken deep inside a building to a vast empty hall designed to house 50,000 enrichment centrifuges, a Reuters news agency report said.
		Dozens of anti-aircraft placements were also spotted by journalists on the approach to Natanz.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/4394177.stm (329 words)

	USATODAY.com - Why U.S. doesn't trust Iran on nukes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This exposure forced Iran to declare the facilities to the IAEA, as Tehran is a signatory of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
		The 100,000-square-meter Natanz facility is the location of a pilot uranium centrifuge enrichment plant, as well as a future commercial-size centrifuge plant.
		Centrifuges, which enrich a gas form of uranium by spinning at incredibly high speeds, are difficult to run, and Iran may have trouble restarting its pilot centrifuge plant.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-01-23-iran-nuclear_x.htm (1019 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Iran can produce nuke warhead in days
		Iran has secretly developed its uranium enrichment facilities in Natanz, which is now considered the linchpin of the nation's nuclear weapons program, reports Geostrategy-Direct, the global intelligence news service.
		"Natanz could be operated to make low-enriched uranium fuel until Iran decided it wanted to make weapon-grade material," David Albright and Corey Hinderstein write in the March/April 2004 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
		This would be far less than the amount of enriched uranium required to provide fuel for all of the civilian power plants Iran intends to build over the next 20 years.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37345 (860 words)

	Iran's Nuclear Program. Part III: The Emerging Crisis
		The Natanz facility is equipped with the instruments for what is currently considered to be the standard uranium-enrichment technique, namely, a large number of centrifuges that spin uranium hexafluoride gas at very high speeds.
		It was reported on July 18 that the IAEA inspectors had detected the trace of enriched uranium in the samples taken at Natanz, but Iran said that the source of the trace is the equipments brought to Natanz from elsewhere and bought on the international market.
		Since this was declared to the IAEA, and because the Natanz facility is now monitored by the IAEA, this activity does not represent a violation of the NPT (although, given the current international conditions, some may regard the timing of this as unfortunate).
	www.payvand.com /news/03/oct/1039.html (2704 words)

	NCRI: Info on 2 Top Secret Nuclear Sites - 12-02
		On the surface, the Iranian regime’s main nuclear activities are focused on Bushehr’s nuclear power plant, but in reality, many secret nuclear programs are at work without the knowledge of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
		One of these top secret projects is the Natanz nuclear facility.
		Natanz is about 100 miles north of Isfahan.
	www.iranwatch.org /privateviews/NCRI/perspex-ncri-natanzarak-1202.htm (1453 words)

	Iranian Nuclear Facilities: Arak and Natanz (Taken Question)
		We believe Iran’s true intent is to develop the capability to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons, using both the plutonium route (supported ultimately by a heavy-water research reactor) and the highly enriched uranium route (supported by a gas centrifuge enrichment plant).
		Iran has also confirmed to the IAEA that it is constructing a gas centrifuge uranium enrichment facility near the town of Natanz.
		We are deeply concerned at Iran’s efforts to build that facility clandestinely, and believe there is no logical reason for Iran to pursue uranium enrichment other than to support a weapons capability, especially in light of Russia’s pledge to provide all the fuel for the lifetime of the Bushehr reactor.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/prs/ps/2003/20439.htm (420 words)

	Iran News - "No nuke work at Natanz": Gwozdecky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		US and other Western governments are not so sure about the Natanz facility, about 160 miles south of Tehran, USATODAY.com reported.
		One reason is that Iran has refused to give IAEA inspectors visas that would allow them to visit more frequently to check the facility.
		Possible carrots for Iran from the United States, help joining the World Trade Organization; the sale of spare parts for Iran's decrepit fleet of Boeing airliners; and the unfreezing of Iranian assets held in the US.
	iranmania.com /News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=29932&...+Affairs (1175 words)

	Envirocast Media Update for Friday, June 25, 2004
		The Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility is located about 17 miles northwest of the town of Natanz, or 130 miles south of Tehran.
		Much of Natanz has now become an underground facility covered with layers of fill dirt and reinforced concrete.
		Compared with the image taken in 2002, in addition to the completion of large buildings with hardened concrete and earth roofs, the complex is now surrounded by a network of about two dozen defensive positions.
	www.stormcenter.com /media/040625/index.html (498 words)

	Iran informs IAEA of plan for completion of Natanz nuclear site: Saeedi
		“The plan for the completion of the Natanz nuclear facility, including the launch of 3000 centrifuges by the end of this (Iranian calendar) year (March 20, 2007) has been officially declared to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),” he told the Mehr News Agency.
		The Natanz nuclear facility has a capacity for 54,000 centrifuges to produce the fuel needed for a 1000-megawat power plant, he pointed out.
		Iran is only the eighth country in the world that possesses a civilian uranium conversion facility and the tenth country which has uranium enrichment technology, Saeedi added.
	www.mehrnews.ir /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=311291 (353 words)

	Iran Nuclear Update - 2003
		Iran is developing both a pilot centrifuge plant and a commercial scale centrifuge facility at Natanz, southeast of Kashan.
		Rather than the Iranian estimate of about six or seven separative work units (SWU) per centrifuge per year, the IAEA estimated that the throughput of Iran's centrifuges could be as high as 12 to 14 SWU per machine per year, according to the media report.
		The group claims that the Iranian regime intends to use the facilities as enrichment sub-stations or, alternatively, as back-up stations in the event of a military attack on the Natanz facility.
	www.wisconsinproject.org /countries/iran/nuke2003.htm (2016 words)

	BIOGRAPHY:
		For every centrifuge cascade--the arrangement of centrifuges connected in parallel and in series is a cascade--a platform should be built and a metal piece has to be installed on top.
		Based on the evaluation of the regimeâ€™s technical experts, the Natanz installation construction would be completed by summer 2006.
		The same as other military security organs, the Natanz siteâ€™s intelligence security has designated identification cards for everyone, without which no one is allowed to enter.
	www.nci.org /06nci/01/Jafarzadeh_statement_011006.htm (1624 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive
		The United States and other Western countries say Natanz is at the heart of a covert nuclear weapons program, and have threatened to refer Iran to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.
		The former and current negotiating teams weighed the various options for the timing of the Natanz operation," the report said.
		Participants at the meeting discussed the technical measures needed to be taken before the plant went on line and what to do once the move had been announced, the report said.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=23050 (1294 words)

	Iran allows reporters into key nuclear facility - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Deputy Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization told reporters that the Natanz facility is the “heart of the fuel cycle” of Iran.
		He also stressed that all uranium enrichment activities at the Natanz complex were suspended.
		European officials say that Iran proposed in its talks with the EU to restrict activities at Natanz to a small pilot facility of around 500 centrifuges and that it won’t build the planned main enrichment site of some 50,000 centrifuges.
	www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=7503 (813 words)

	ArmsControlWonk: NCRI Did Not Discover Natanz
		The IAEA got into Natanz in February 2003 after all the news coverage starting in December, and there they discovered the installed centrifuges at the pilot plant.
		If you look back at the coverage, in fact, there were only a handful of news stories generated by the NCRI release of August and the bulk of the coverage came after the satellite photos were shown on CNN in December.
		A fact that’s missing from all of this – Iran was under no obligation to report the existence of Natanz so it wasn’t “clandestine” and secondly Iran’s intentions and plan to develop uranium enrichment was never a secret.
	www.armscontrolwonk.com /1274/ncri-did-not-discover-natanz (1834 words)

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