Natanz enrichment facility

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The Natanz enrichment facility is Iran’s primary uranium enrichment complex and a central focus of international nuclear negotiations and monitoring efforts.

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instanceOf uranium enrichment facility
alsoKnownAs FEP Natanz
Natanz enrichment facility
surface form: Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant
associatedAgreement Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action)
surface form: Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
associatedWith Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action)
surface form: Iran–P5+1 nuclear negotiations

concerns about possible weapons-grade enrichment potential
constructionStart early 2000s
controversy suspicions of possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program
country Iran
designedToWithstand aerial attack
disclosedToIAEA 2002
distanceFrom approximately 250 km south of Tehran
enrichesMaterial uranium hexafluoride gas
enrichmentLevelRange low-enriched uranium levels
enrichmentMethod gas centrifuge
governedBy Iranian nuclear laws and regulations
hasComponent Fuel Enrichment Plant
Fuel Enrichment Plant
surface form: Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant
hasType civilian nuclear facility (as declared by Iran)
inspectedBy International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors
locatedIn Iran
Isfahan Province NERFINISHED
Natanz
materialOutput low-enriched uranium stockpile
monitoredBy International Atomic Energy Agency
near city of Natanz
operator Atomic Energy Organization of Iran
oversightBy Supreme National Security Council
surface form: Supreme National Security Council of Iran (strategic oversight)
partOfProgram Iran nuclear program
surface form: Iranian nuclear program
primaryFunction uranium enrichment
protectiveStructure reinforced concrete
regime safeguards under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
relatedTo Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant
Fordow enrichment facility
surface form: Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant
securityLevel high-security nuclear site
significance central facility in Iran’s uranium enrichment capacity
status operational (subject to political and technical changes)
subjectOf IAEA safeguards reports on Iran
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action monitoring
Stuxnet cyber operation reporting
United Nations Security Council resolutions
surface form: United Nations Security Council resolutions on Iran

international nuclear negotiations
non-proliferation policy debates
sanctions and restrictions related to Iran’s nuclear program
targetOf covert sabotage operations as reported in media
undergroundFacilities yes

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Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) restrictsFacility Natanz enrichment facility
subject surface form: Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
Natanz enrichment facility alsoKnownAs Natanz enrichment facility
this entity surface form: Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant
Annex I – Nuclear-related measures regulatesFacility Natanz enrichment facility