The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi said that the Islamic Republic of Iran continues its nuclear activities in the fields of exploration, extraction, enrichment, construction of power plants and new centrifuges.
Salehi pointed out that the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution did not allow the nuclear industry to stop. He noted that following the orders of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution that efforts to enrich uranium with a capacity of 190,000 SWU.
The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran stated that 30 tons of yellowcake from Yellowcake Production Plant at Ardakan would be transferred to Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center.
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei, June 4, 2018, in the ceremony of the 29th anniversary of Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, ordered the officials of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran to promptly prepare the preparations for reaching 190 Thousand SWU to provide the framework.
NBN tip: Definition of the Separative Work Unit (SWU): Separative work unit, abbreviated as SWU, is the standard measure of the effort required to separate isotopes of uranium (U235 and U238) during an enrichment process in nuclear facilities. 1 SWU is equivalent to 1 kg of separative work. As a larger unit, 1 ton of separative work units or tSWU equals 1,000 kg of separative work.
