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Iran says to announce cause of nuclear facility "incident" at "appropriate time"

Iran Materials 4 July 2020 03:01 (UTC +04:00)
Iran says to announce cause of nuclear facility "incident" at "appropriate time"

Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) announced on Friday that the country's experts have determined the main cause of a recent "incident" at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility and will announce it at an "appropriate time," Trend reports citing Xinhua.

Experts from different sectors started investigating "different hypotheses" about the "incident" at the Natanz site in central Iran immediately after its occurrence on Thursday, and have determined its main cause, SNSC spokesman Keyvan Khosravi was quoted as saying by Press TV.

"Due to some security considerations, the cause and manner of this incident will be announced at a proper time," said Khosravi.

The damage to one of the sheds under construction at the Natanz complex was "limited" and investigators did not find any nuclear material at the building, he said.

The Iranian security official emphasized that there has been no radioactive contamination following the "incident."

On Thursday, Ramazan Ali Ferdowsi, governor of Natanz County said that the fire at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility in the morning on the day caused no damage to the establishment.

The fire affected one of the structures for storing stock items and was contained by the firefighters, Ferdowsi said.

"Nobody has been hurt and the regular activities of the facility have not been affected," Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, was also quoted as saying by official IRNA news agency on Thursday.

Kamalvandi confirmed that only one of the structures under construction was damaged.

There were no concerns about pollution as the fire took place in an inactive area of the establishment, he said.

The facility is a Fuel Enrichment Plant covering 100,000 square meters. It is located in Natanz, the capital city of Natanz County in Iran's central Isfahan Province.

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