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facility further aggravating international tensions. Russia and U.S. have called on Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency to reach a settlement on the country"s nuclear program prior to an upcoming October 1 Iran Six meeting.Leonid Bolshov, chief of Russia"s Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told RIA Novosti that the development of uranium enrichment facilities as a rule has a direct link to a nuclear weapons program.
"A limited number of enrichment facilities is required to enrich uranium to 2-4% [for the use in nuclear power plants]. Many more facilities are required to enrich uranium for the use in nuclear weapons. That is why statements about peaceful nuclear program, accompanied by the increase in enrichment facilities, always cause concern," he said.
The facility"s location and the number of centrifuges planned for installation there have not been reported.