Iran acknowledged Monday that traces of highly enriched uranium have been found at a second site in the country, but insisted the source was contaminated equipment purchased from another country.
The admission came ahead of key negotiations this week with the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency over inspections of Iran's nuclear program. The United States accuses Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons, while Tehran insists its program is peaceful.
The find of nuclear-grade enriched uranium came at the Kalay-e Electric Co., just west of Tehran, said Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's representative to the IAEA.
Salehi, speaking on Tehran television, ruled out that the enriched uranium found at the site and another facility at Natanz was produced in Iran. Tehran maintains that traces of the new enriched material were imported on equipment purchased from abroad.
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