Also Known As:
Yellowcake Production Plant
YCP
Weapon Program:
- Nuclear
Uranium ore concentrate processing plant; under construction as of February 2011; overseen by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI); located 35 km north of Ardakan city; intended to process ore from the Saghand uranium mine using acid leaching and resin in pulp methods; uranium ore concentrate (yellowcake) product intended for further processing at the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF); 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).
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Date Entered:
September 1, 2011
Date Last Modified:
September 1, 2011