Iran Moves Some Centrifuges to Underground Site

August 22, 2011

Author: 

Ali Akbar Dareini

Publication: 

Associated Press

Iran has moved centrifuges from its main uranium enrichment facility in Natanz to an underground uranium enrichment site in Fordo, which offers better protection from possible airstrikes. Iran did not say how many centrifuges had been moved, or specify the type of centrifuge. The bunker facility is to house approximately 3,000 centrifuges.