UN nuclear experts can inspect a uranium enrichment plant, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said Saturday.

Officials are trying to settle on a date for the inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency said Ali Akbar Salehi.

Iran is building a second uranium enrichment facility near the Shia Muslim city of Qom, about 160 kilometers southwest of Tehran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday. He added the plant won’t be operational for about 18 months.

Iran had met IAEA requirements by informing it about the plant at least six months before it is slated to begin operating, Ahmadinejad told reporters.

Last Monday, the watchdog agency received a letter Iran revealing the existence of the underground facility on a military base. An agency spokesman said that the country told the IAEA there is no nuclear material at the site.

Iran has denied its goal is to develop nuclear weapons, a concern of the United States and other Western nations.

(via CNN)