EC chairman: Iran has successfully produced nuclear fuel
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Kuwait City, April 11, IRNA
Iran-Nuclear Program-Rafsanjani
Iran has succeeded in producing nuclear fuel in the first stage of Research and Development (R&D), by injecting gas into centrifuges, Chairman of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Tuesday.
Rafsanjani told KUNA that Iranian technicians have managed to produce fuel for the power plants by commissioning 164 centrifuges.
KUNA quoted Rafsanjani as saying that Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei will see the new situation during his upcoming visit to Iran.
He said that Iran sees use of nuclear energy as its legitimate right in line with Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and Safeguards Agreement of UN nuclear agency.
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