Kamalvandi made the remarks on Sunday and added, “Necessary decisions have been made for rebuilding the damaged shed of Shahid Ahmadi Roshan Nuclear Complex in Natanz so that a larger shed with most updated equipment will be built at the nuclear site.”
He pointed to the specifications of the shed where the incident had occurred and said, “Preliminaries for the construction of the shed started in 2013. Construction operation was in the brink of completion in 2015 but it was stopped due to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).”
“After the US withdrawal from JCPOA in May 2018 and the order of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution [Ayatollah Khamenei] to AEOI to pave the way for producing 190,000 SWU (Separative Work Unit) under JCPOA, the shed was opened exactly two days later on June 6, 2018,” the spokesman noted.
In relevant remarks he said on Thursday that the incident which occurred at the country’s Natanz nuclear facility caused no major damage and the site is operating as usual.
Kamalvandi said that an incident occurred in one of the under-construction sheds in Natanz nuclear facility.
One of the under-construction sheds in the open area of Natanz nuclear facility was damaged this morning and investigation into the case is underway, he added.
This incident did not have any casualties and has not inflicted any damage on the current activities of the facility either, Kamalvandi stated, noting that since this nuclear facility has been inactive, there is no worry about the possibility of contamination.
Presently, the Organization’s expert teams are at the scene of incident and are investigating the causes behind the incident, Kamlvandi added.
The Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant, covering 100,000 square meters and built eight meters underground, is one of several Iranian facilities monitored by the UN nuclear watchdog.
