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Arak nuclear reactor

This combination of pictures created on June 14, 2025, shows a handout satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 14, 2025, of a closeup view the Natanz nuclear facilities near Ahmadabad in Iran, before an Israeli strike (top) and another closeup view taken on June 14, 2025, after an Israeli strike. (AFP Photo/ Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies)
June 22, 2025, 10:48 am
What to know about the three Iranian nuclear sites that were hit by US strikes
The Natanz, Fordo and Isfahan facilities, integral to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, were repeatedly hit in covert attacks
By AP
This handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies on June 19, 2025 and taken on June 18, 2025, shows a view of the Iranian nuclear facility at Arak in central Iran. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
June 20, 2025, 12:54 am
IAEA: No fear of ‘radiological effects’ after IDF hits Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor
UN nuclear watchdog reports ‘key buildings’ at the unfinished facility were damaged in attack, which Israel said ‘targeted the component intended for plutonium production’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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)
June 19, 2025, 10:22 am
IDF strikes Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, Natanz site used for nuclear development
Reports say Trump waiting on Iranians to see if they give up nuclear program, asked advisers if bunker busters can destroy Fordo, though Israel may destroy site ‘with humans’
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows President Masoud Pezeshkian (2nd R) and the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) chief Mohammad Eslami (R) during the 'National Day of Nuclear Technology,' in Tehran, on April 9, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)
June 13, 2025, 11:02 am
Explainer: The handful of facilities at the core of Iran’s nuclear program
Natanz enrichment site, which operates dozens of centrifuges, is a confirmed target of Israel’s overnight attack; Iran also has nuclear sites near Qom, in Isfahan and elsewhere
By AFP
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 Fordo 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
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