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| Country | Iran |
| Location | Natanz County, Isfahan province |
| Coordinates | 33°43′32.05″N 51°43′33.1″E / 33.7255694°N 51.725861°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Owner | Government of Iran |
| Operator | Atomic Energy Organization of Iran |
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Natanz Nuclear Facility or Shahid Ahmadi Roshan Nuclear Facilities is one of the nuclear facilities in Iran, which was built near Natanz for the scientific and peaceful uranium enrichment. This center is operating based on the peaceful principles of Iran's nuclear program.[1] The underground enrichment facility of this center is protected by a concrete shield with a thickness of approximately 7.6 meters.[2]
According to the announcement of the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the centrifuge devices in this center built under the ground,[3] at a depth of 40 to 50 meters of the earth. This construction design is chosen for "safety of the people"[4] and also for bieng safe from "possible air attack"[5].[6]
The existence of this nuclear center was first exposed in 2002 by the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran.[7] From 2006 to 2021, this facility has been the target of 5 massive destructive attacks by the enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran.[8]
- ^ "Nuclear Facility of Natanz (Kashan)" [تاسیسات هسته‌ای نطنز (کاشان)]. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "Fire damages building at Iran nuclear enrichment site; reactor said untouched" [حادثه آتش سوزی در مجتمع غنی سازی هسته‌ای ایران: راکتور دست نخورده و سالم است]. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "نقشه و تصاویر ماهواره‌ای از تأسیسات اتمی ایران" [Map and satellite images of Iran's nuclear facilities] (in Persian). Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "Ahmadinejad: Nuclear facilities are built underground for people's safety" (in Persian). Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "تأیید آغاز غنی‌سازی اورانیوم در تأسیسات زیرزمینی ایران" [Approval of the start of uranium enrichment in Iran's underground facilities] (in Persian). Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "Natanz Nuclear Facility created at 50 meters underground" [تاسیسات هسته‌ای نطنز در ۵۰ متری زیر زمین ایجاد شد]. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "ادعای مجاهدین خلق درباره انتقال یک مرکز تحقیقات هسته‌ای در ایران" [People's Mojahedin Organization claim about the transfer of a nuclear research center in Iran] (in Persian). Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "تاکنون چند خرابکاری در نطنز انجام شده است؟ / توضیحات رییس سابق سازمان انرژی اتمی" [How many vandalisms have been carried out in Natanz so far? / Explanations of the former head of the Atomic Energy Organization] (in Persian). Retrieved 4 November 2024.