Fordow enrichment facility

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The Fordow enrichment facility is a heavily fortified Iranian underground nuclear site used for uranium enrichment and central to international concerns over Iran’s nuclear program.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nuclear facility
uranium enrichment facility
abbreviation FFEP
alternativeName Fordow enrichment facility
surface form: Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant
associatedWithProgram Iran nuclear program
surface form: Iranian nuclear program
builtUnderground true
constructionStart around 2006
controversy suspicions of potential military nuclear dimensions
country Iran
designedCapacityDescription thousands of centrifuges
designedFor housing gas centrifuges
disclosedBy France
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
distanceFromQom approximately 30 kilometers
enrichmentLevelHistory up to 20 percent U-235 before JCPOA
enrichmentLevelPostJCPOA limited to low-enriched uranium under JCPOA
facilityType underground complex
geopoliticalSignificance key point of contention in Iran–Western relations
hasCentrifugeHalls true
heavilyFortified true
IAEAStatus safeguarded facility
JCPOARole conversion to research and isotope production under JCPOA
locatedIn Iran
Qom Province NERFINISHED
near Fordow village
near the city of Qom
monitoredBy International Atomic Energy Agency
nearMilitaryInstallations true
operator Atomic Energy Organization of Iran
ownedBy Government of Iran
primaryFunction uranium enrichment
publicRevelationDate 2009
reasonForFortification protection against airstrikes
regulator Atomic Energy Organization of Iran
relatedSanctions EU sanctions on Iran
UN sanctions on Iran
US sanctions on Iran
relatedToAgreement Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action)
surface form: Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
securityLevel high security
strategicImportance high
subjectOf International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards system
surface form: International Atomic Energy Agency inspections

Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action)
surface form: P5+1 nuclear negotiations with Iran

United Nations Security Council discussions
international concern over Iran’s nuclear program
media reports on secret Iranian nuclear sites
underSafeguardsAgreement International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards system
surface form: Iran–IAEA safeguards agreement

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