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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

Arak nuclear reactor

Technicians work at the Iranian Arak heavy water reactor, 150 miles southwest of the capital Tehran, on December 23, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)
May 25, 2022, 5:42 pm
Iran said to have utilized confidential IAEA papers to cover up its nuclear activity
WSJ reports Iran’s intel secured internal documents from UN nuclear watchdog, enabling it to evade inspections, falsify info; details uncovered in archive Israel seized in Tehran
By ToI Staff
Technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor's secondary circuit, as officials and media visit the site, near Arak, 150 miles (250 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)
September 19, 2021, 1:10 am
Iran’s new nuclear chief wants fast overhaul of Arak reactor
Under 2015 deal, Tehran agreed to modify site so that it could not produce military-grade plutonium
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A view of the heavy-water production plant in the central Iranian town of Arak, August 26, 2006. (AP/ ISNA, Arash Khamoushi)
March 19, 2021, 1:24 pm
Iran to conduct initial testing of redesigned Arak nuclear reactor
Iranian nuclear agency says ‘cold test’ will be held to check fluid and support systems startup ahead of plant’s full commissioning later in the year
By ToI Staff
The exterior of the Arak heavy water production facility in Arak, Iran, 360 kilometers southwest of Tehran, October 27, 2004. (AP Photo)
April 8, 2020, 7:58 am
Iran atomic chief says modernization work on heavy water reactor progressing
In message marking country’s national nuclear day, Ali Akbar Salehi also touts efforts to construct 2 new reactors at Bushehr plant
By ToI Staff and Agencies
The exterior of the Arak heavy water production facility in Arak, Iran, 360 kilometers southwest of Tehran, October 27, 2004. (AP Photo)
December 23, 2019, 6:40 pm
Iran starts new action at heavy water reactor, pressuring Europe on oil sales
Operating secondary heat transfer circuit doesn’t violate 2015 nuclear deal, but it is a step closer to producing weapons-grade material
By AP
Iran's Arak heavy water reactor (photo credit: Hamid Foroutan/ISNA/AFP)
December 23, 2019, 1:59 pm
Second circuit of Iran’s Arak reactor to be completed Monday – reports
Milestone brings site closer to reopening and producing heavy water, a key ingredient in the production of plutonium, which fuels nuclear weapons
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Iran's heavy-water nuclear facility near the central city of Arak, Iran, January 15, 2011 (photo credit: AP/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan, File)
October 31, 2019, 8:20 am
US to reportedly okay waivers for foreign firms at Iran nuclear sites
Sources say allowing Russian, Chinese and European companies to work at Arak and Fordow facilities will aid non-proliferation efforts
By ToI Staff
Iran's Arak heavy water nuclear facilities, Jan. 15, 2011. (AP/Fars News Agency, Mehdi Marizad)
October 20, 2019, 9:52 pm
Iran official: Second circuit of Arak reactor to be completed in two weeks
Assistant to head of Iranian atomic energy program claims country produces 20 tons of heavy water a year, is self-sufficient in designing and producing centrifuges
By ToI Staff and AFP
A view of the heavy-water production plant in the central Iranian town of Arak, August 26, 2006. (AP/ ISNA, Arash Khamoushi)
October 14, 2019, 12:43 pm
UK experts in Iran to upgrade heavy water reactor
As Iranians breach nuclear deal in protest of US sanctions, British embassy says ‘we are upholding our obligations to cooperate’ with Tehran on modernizing Arak facility
By AFP
A technician at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, February 3, 2007. (AP/Vahid Salemi/File)
August 3, 2019, 11:13 am
Iran says will take ‘third step’ to reduce nuclear deal commitments
Foreign minister offers no further clarification on what Iranian actions may include, but says it is response to pact not being implemented by ‘others’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, June 10, 2019. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
August 3, 2019, 9:39 am
Iran’s Zarif was invited to meet Trump at White House last month — report
Invitation extended by Rand Paul with US president’s blessing, New Yorker reports; Tehran said to say no, after its FM worried such a meeting would just be a photo op
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A view of the heavy-water production plant in the central Iranian town of Arak, August 26, 2006. (AP/ ISNA, Arash Khamoushi)
July 28, 2019, 1:05 pm
Iran vows to restart activities at Arak heavy water facility
Tehran’s atomic agency chief briefs lawmakers on unraveling nuclear deal, as remaining signatories after US pullout set to meet in Vienna
By Stuart Winer and Agencies
Illustrative: Iran's heavy water nuclear facilities near the central city of Arak. (CC-BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia/Nanking2012)
June 17, 2019, 11:28 am
Iran says it will break nuclear deal’s uranium stockpile limit in 10 days
A year after US withdrawal from pact, Tehran spokesman boasts it could enrich to 20% mark, a short step away from weapons-grade material
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Iran's Arak heavy water reactor (photo credit: Hamid Foroutan/ISNA/AFP)
June 16, 2019, 3:15 pm
Iran says it will unveil measures reducing commitment to nuclear pact on Monday
Amid mounting Gulf tensions, Tehran set to announce resumption of ‘limitless’ uranium enrichment at shuttered Arak heavy water reactor
By ToI Staff and Agencies
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano at a press conference during the Board of Governors Meeting at IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 10, 2019. (Dean Calma / IAEA)
June 10, 2019, 6:53 pm
UN nuclear watchdog: Iran uranium production up, can’t confirm compliance
In first since the 2015 pact was signed, IAEA doesn’t say Tehran is abiding by it
By ToI Staff and AFP
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