Iranian Entity: Ardakan Yellowcake Production Plant
| Entity Name: |
| Ardakan Yellowcake Production Plant |
| Also Known As: |
Yellowcake Production Plant |
| Program: |
| Nuclear |
| Text: |
Uranium ore concentrate processing plant; under construction as of February 2011; overseen by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI - see separate entity record); located 35 km north of Ardakan city; intended to process ore from the Saghand uranium mine (see separate entity record) using acid leaching and resin in pulp methods; uranium ore concentrate (yellowcake) product intended for further processing at the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF - see separate entity record); has a designed production capacity of 50 tons of uranium per year; construction was approved in 1994; plant design undertaken by Atomredmetzoloto and Pioneer Energy Industry Co. (Pishgam - see separate entity record). |
| Date Entered: |
| 9/1/2011 |
| Date Last Modified: |
| 9/1/2011 |