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20pc enrichment aims to secure fuel supply for medical reactor

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Aug 29, IRNA -- Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Director said on Monday that 20 percent uranium enrichment aims to secure fuel supply for Tehran medical reactor producing radioisotopes for cancer treatment.

Ferydoon Abbassi told IRNA that Iran will not disclose the amount of fuel stock, while IAEA is still keeping the information because we were ensured by IAEA when signing the modality plan in 2007 that the agency will keep the information intact in the agency and will not reveal them to a third party.

Asked by IRNA about provision of fuel for Tehran medical and research reactor, he said that producing fuel for Tehran medical and research reactor is underway.

'We have no difficulty to produce fuel for the medical reactor, but we normally receive the means and equipment to modernize the site later.'

“We are in need of the equipment and ready to receive them in order to start enriching uranium when they are there to be installed by Iranian engineers, added Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Director.

Abbasi reiterated that Iran resolved all the difficulties technically and scientifically in the site, so all the mechanical and metalurgical process are safe to produce artificial fuel as the security and immunity tests proved well.

Answering another question by IRNA about modernizing the monitoring and electronic equiipment in Tehran reactor by the US based on Vienna negotiations, he underlined that Iran can no longer trust Americans to negotiate with them on fuel swap or any other issues, so that 'we reached a safe level of fuel enrichment and production.'

Abbasi indicated that US administration can not be trusted while it is imposing unilateral sactions on Iran and is forcing other nations to follow suit.

He said that Iran has made progress in national nuclear program and is ready to share experience with any country under the IAEA supervision and help them to invest in this field.

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