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Iran says enriching to higher levels as backup plan
Loading ...Iran started refining uranium to 20 percent purity in February saying it wanted to produce fuel for a reactor that makes isotopes for treating cancer after talks over a fuel swap deal proposal with big powers stalled.
The move sparked Western concerns as it brings the material closer to the level of refinement needed for atomic arms.
“We have to do it since we have been facing a lack of any legally-binding assurance of supply,” Ali Asghar Soltanieh told reporters. Iran says its nuclear work is for peaceful uses only.
Under a proposal drafted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in October, Iran would part with 1,200 kg of its low-enriched uranium — enough for an atom bomb if enriched to higher levels — in return for the special fuel rods.
Last month Brazil and Turkey resurrected parts of the plan, seen as a possible way to ease nuclear tensions with the West, and Iran said it agreed to it.
Continue Reading at Reuters.
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