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- noun Plural form of
centrifuge .
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The fact that they won†™ t let the inspectors in AND they have said they want a nuke to remove the first democracy in that region from the face of the earth AND they are starting up the weapon production centrifuges is a good enough reason to give them three quick strikes with diplomacy and then take them out.
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Iran's uranium plant at Natanz uses thousands of machines called centrifuges to make enriched uranium, and until now its has relied on an older model that uses 1950s technology.
Iran adding advanced equipment to uranium plant, U.N. nuclear watchdog says 2011
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Currently, Iran produces low-enriched uranium through its centrifuges, which is technically legal under IAEA rules, though Tehran has been sanctioned by the U.N. for failing to notify the body of all its actions.
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Once the centrifuges are all in the bunker, they can be destroyed, or it can be demonstrated that they can not be destroyed.
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The IAEA came out and said that the famous “aluminum tubes” would not be of the correct type to be used in centrifuges.
Think Progress » Debunking the Right: The World Did Not See the Iraqi Threat as Bush Did 2005
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ALBRIGHT: The shaded part represents the -- underneath the shaded part are the underground halls that would hold up to 50,000 gas centrifuges, which is a huge number, tremendous capability.
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At Iran's largest nuclear complex, near the city of Natanz, fast-spinning machines called centrifuges churn out enriched uranium.
FOXNews.com Greta Van Susteren 2011
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Currently, Iran has approximately three thousand centrifuges, which is used to produce small test batches of uranium that has been enriched to a low level that cannot be used for nuclear weapons.
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Currently, Iran has approximately three thousand centrifuges, which is used to produce small test batches of uranium that has been enriched to a low level that cannot be used for nuclear weapons.
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Currently, Iran has approximately three thousand centrifuges, which is used to produce small test batches of uranium that has been enriched to a low level that cannot be used for nuclear weapons.
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