Nuclear Chief Says Iran has Started Decommissioning Centrifuges

November 15, 2015

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Iranian Students News Agency

Iran has started decommissioning centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility, according to Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.  In a November 15 interview, Salehi said that Iran is in the process of decommissioning inactive centrifuges at Natanz.  There are about 20,000 total centrifuges at Natanz, of which about 10,000 are inactive.  Salehi said Iran has not yet decommissioned any active centrifuges at Natanz nor any centrifuges at the Fordow nuclear facility.