All 14,000 operating cascades at Natanz likely destroyed, IAEA chief says
A sudden power loss likely crippled Iran’s centrifuges at Natanz, strongly implying that all 14,000 operating cascades may have been destroyed, the UN nuclear watchdog's Director General Rafael Grossi said on Monday.
“One of the underground facilities there, halls, where... centrifuge cascades were... or are installed, our assessment is that with this sudden loss of external power, in great probability, the centrifuges have been severely damaged if not destroyed altogether,” Grossi told the BBC.
Only Hall A at Natanz was active, housing 82 cascades, according to the IAEA’s May report.
