[20070809]RS22531_伊朗核设施.pdf

1 Joseph Cirincione, Jon B. Wolfsthal, and Miriam Tajkumar, Deadly Arsenals: Nuclear,Biological and Chemical Threats, second edition (Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment forInternational Peace, 2005).Order Code RS22531Updated August 9, 2007Iranian Nuclear Sites Hussein D. HassanInformation Research SpecialistKnowledge Services GroupSummaryOn April 9, 2007, Iran declared that it has now developed the capability to produceenriched uranium which is needed to make nuclear fuel on an industrial scale. Thisreport describes Irans known nuclear sites listed in official International Atomic EnergyAgency (IAEA) reports and includes a map with the location of the nuclear facilities.For further information and analysis of Irans nuclear programs, see CRS ReportRS21592, Irans Nuclear Program: Recent Developments, by Sharon Squassoni; andCRS Report RL32048, Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, by KennethKatzman. This report will be updated as warranted. BackgroundBeginning in 2003, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) intensifiednuclear inspections after Iran confirmed the existence of several undeclared nuclear sites.In 2004, the IAEA reported extensively on these sites. This report