铀浓缩设施

另一个瓶颈就是Natanz的铀浓缩设施；

Another choke-point is the Natanz enrichment facility ;

第一张王牌，是向全世界透露了到访的美国核科学家西格弗里德赫克尔（SiegfriedHecker）所描述的情景：一家拥有至少1000台离心机、现代化程度令人震惊的铀浓缩设施。

The first was to reveal to the world what Siegfried Hecker , a visiting US nuclear scientist , described as an astonishingly modern uranium enrichment facility with at least 1,000 centrifuges .

朝鲜坚称其铀浓缩设施完全用于民用目的。

North Korea insists that its enrichment facility is purely for civilian purposes .

韩安全官员称，朝鲜在公布了之前一直保密的铀浓缩设施之后发起攻击，意义重大。

South Korean security officials say it is significant that the attack followed the unveiling of an undisclosed uranium enrichment facility .

本周，伊朗在获悉西方情报机构已经了解到其秘密设施之后，披露了其地下铀浓缩设施。

Iran disclosed the underground uranium enrichment facility this week , when it found out western intelligence agencies had information on the plant .

伊朗获悉西方情报机构几年前就已了解其秘密核设施之后，被迫披露了第二座铀浓缩设施的存在。

Iran was apparently forced to reveal its existence after it became aware that western intelligence agencies had known about it for years .

相比之下，伊朗的确有一项正在实施的核计划联合国刚刚公布的报告显示，伊朗计划在5月份之前建成一处大规模铀浓缩设施。

By contrast , Iran undoubtedly does have an active nuclear programme - the UN has just reported that it plans to have a large-scale uranium enrichment facility ready by May .

在伊朗承认一直在建造一处秘密铀浓缩设施后，美国、英国和法国周五联合进行了谴责。美国担心该处核设施可能被用来制造核武器。

The US , Britain and France united in condemnation of Iran on Friday after Tehran 's admission that it has been constructing a secret uranium enrichment facility that Washington fears could help produce a nuclear bomb .