The head of the IAEA said that as a result of shelling at a nuclear facility in Isfahan, four buildings were damaged: the central chemical laboratory, a uranium processing plant, the Tehran plant for the production of fuel elements for reactors and an object for the processing of uranium, which was in the construction process. They did not report an increase in the level of radiation outside the object.
Israel also attacked a nuclear facility in the Fordo area, but IAA did not receive information about damage, according to Grossy.
However, seriously injuries received a nuclear facility in Netenze – The largest in Iran object to enrich uranium. It consists of ground and underground rooms. Grossy said that as a result of the attack, the ground part of the object was destroyed, and the attacks on the underground level caused serious damage.
According to him, the level of radioactivity outside the object remained unchanged and at a normal level, but inside it there is both radiological and chemical pollution.
“It is possible that uranium isotopes contained in uranium hexaffeoride, Uranil fluoride and hydrogen fluoride, scattered inside the object, radiation, consisting mainly of alpha parties, is a significant danger in the case of inhalation or swallowing,” Grossy emphasized.
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On June 13, the Israeli defense army struck Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized that Iran has the opportunity to create nine nuclear bombs. Israeli troops, in particular, struck the objects related to the enrichment of Uranus.
The United States denied involvement in the Israeli operation, but the American President Donald Trump called “remarkable” attacks on Iran. And he said: if Tehran does not go to sign an agreement on a nuclear program, the situation will be worse.
On June 19, Bloomberg, citing sources, wrote that American officials are preparing for the likely impact on Iran in the coming days.
At the same time, The Guardian reported that Trump still hesitates about the impact on the Iranian nuclear facility in Fordo due to doubt about the success of such an attack.
On June 19, the White House speaker Caroline Livitt said that Trump would make a decision on Iran over the next two weeks.
