Natanz, Iran
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Israel's campaign against Iran's nuclear program has significantly impacted Natanz, incapacitating centrifuges and potentially causing an underground implosion, an Israeli official tells The Wall Street Journal.
Columns of smoke rose Friday over Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz after Israeli strikes on the country.
The IAEA has said that "no increase in off-site radiation" has been recorded at either Natanz or Esfahan.
Netanyahu reveals Israel struck the heart of Iran's nuclear program, targeting the Natanz facility and nuclear scientists working on Iran's weapons development
The International Atomic Energy Agency's Rafael Grossi said there was no further damage to Iran's Natanz enrichment site as the Fordow site, which is underground, remains untouched by Israel's attacks.
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Israel said it targeted Iran's oldest current enrichment site, Natanz, in its strikes. The site, secretly set up in 2002 but discovered soon after that, contains an underground fuel enrichment plant and a separate pilot fuel enrichment plant.
Following Israeli strikes on Iran's Natanz nuclear facility, the IAEA warns of potential radiological and chemical contamination, though external radiation levels remain normal. Damage is confirmed at Natanz and Isfahan,
IAEA inspectors will continue to remain in Iran and will resume on-site inspections “as soon as safety conditions permit,” he stated.