Diplomats: Inspectors Found Traces of High Enriched Uranium in Iran
Diplomats say international inspectors have found new traces of highly enriched uranium in Iran that could indicate Tehran is secretly seeking material for nuclear weapons. News agencies quote the diplomats, speaking anonymously, as saying the U.N. atomic energy agency took samples from equipment used at a former research center in Iran. The agency wrote, in a report to the U.N. in April, that the swabs taken from vacuum pumps used at the site turned up the traces. Highly enriched uranium is required for nuclear weapons.
The sources said there could be other explanations, including contamination of equipment bought from abroad, but Iranian officials had not reported nuclear enrichment activity at the site.
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外交人士說，國際核查人員在伊朗發(fā)現(xiàn)新的高度濃縮鈾痕跡。這可能表示德黑蘭正在秘密尋求核武器材料。新聞媒體援引不具名外交人士的話說，聯(lián)合國原子能機構(gòu)從伊朗以前的一個研究中心的設備中取樣。原子能機構(gòu)今年4月向聯(lián)合國遞交的一份報告說，取自這個中心使用的真空水泵化驗抽樣顯示有高度濃縮鈾的痕跡。高度濃縮鈾是核武器所需材料。
消息人士說，對此可能有其它的解釋，包括從國外采購來的設備有污染。伊朗官員從未說過那里曾經(jīng)有濃縮鈾活動。
Diplomats say international inspectors have found new traces of highly enriched uranium in Iran that could indicate Tehran is secretly seeking material for nuclear weapons. News agencies quote the diplomats, speaking anonymously, as saying the U.N. atomic energy agency took samples from equipment used at a former research center in Iran. The agency wrote, in a report to the U.N. in April, that the swabs taken from vacuum pumps used at the site turned up the traces. Highly enriched uranium is required for nuclear weapons.
The sources said there could be other explanations, including contamination of equipment bought from abroad, but Iranian officials had not reported nuclear enrichment activity at the site.
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外交人士說，國際核查人員在伊朗發(fā)現(xiàn)新的高度濃縮鈾痕跡。這可能表示德黑蘭正在秘密尋求核武器材料。新聞媒體援引不具名外交人士的話說，聯(lián)合國原子能機構(gòu)從伊朗以前的一個研究中心的設備中取樣。原子能機構(gòu)今年4月向聯(lián)合國遞交的一份報告說，取自這個中心使用的真空水泵化驗抽樣顯示有高度濃縮鈾的痕跡。高度濃縮鈾是核武器所需材料。
消息人士說，對此可能有其它的解釋，包括從國外采購來的設備有污染。伊朗官員從未說過那里曾經(jīng)有濃縮鈾活動。