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Iran: Exchange of nuclear fuel still on table
TEHRAN, Dec. 1 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the proposal for exchange of nuclear fuel for the Tehran nuclear research reactor is still on the table.
“The path to exchange nuclear fuel has not been annulled,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told a regular news briefing.
However, the spokesman insisted that the option to produce nuclear fuel at home with a purity of 20 percent for the reactor is open.
The spokesman cited an example saying as Iran will naturally increase its production of gasoline in case the country faces problems to import it the same is true about providing fuel for the Tehran reactor.
“Facing a problem to import does not mean that the path to produce at home is closed,” Mehmanparast explained.
According to a deal drafted by the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran would exchange a large consignment of its low-enriched uranium for 20 percent enriched uranium for the Tehran reactor, which produces radioisotopes for medical treatment.
President Ahmadinejad also declared on Sunday that the cabinet will study the option to produce nuclear fuel for the Tehran research reactor at a meeting on Wednesday.
The decision was made because the 5+1 group (China, the United States, Russia, France, Britain, and Germany) has so far failed to respond to Iran’s latest proposal, according to which Tehran requires a 100 percent guarantee that it will receive the 20 percent enriched uranium if it agrees to a trade for its low-enriched uranium.
Startup of Bushehr plant
Citing Russian sources, Reuters said on Monday that Moscow plans to start up the Bushehr nuclear power station in March 2010 to coincide with the Iranian New Year.
However, Mehmanparast said there is no difference about the date announced recently for the startup of the plant by the Russian side and the date announced previously.
“The date which announced for the completion of the plant by Russia in recent talks has no contradiction with the date announced previously.”
“The path to exchange nuclear fuel has not been annulled,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told a regular news briefing.
However, the spokesman insisted that the option to produce nuclear fuel at home with a purity of 20 percent for the reactor is open.
The spokesman cited an example saying as Iran will naturally increase its production of gasoline in case the country faces problems to import it the same is true about providing fuel for the Tehran reactor.
“Facing a problem to import does not mean that the path to produce at home is closed,” Mehmanparast explained.
According to a deal drafted by the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran would exchange a large consignment of its low-enriched uranium for 20 percent enriched uranium for the Tehran reactor, which produces radioisotopes for medical treatment.
President Ahmadinejad also declared on Sunday that the cabinet will study the option to produce nuclear fuel for the Tehran research reactor at a meeting on Wednesday.
The decision was made because the 5+1 group (China, the United States, Russia, France, Britain, and Germany) has so far failed to respond to Iran’s latest proposal, according to which Tehran requires a 100 percent guarantee that it will receive the 20 percent enriched uranium if it agrees to a trade for its low-enriched uranium.
Startup of Bushehr plant
Citing Russian sources, Reuters said on Monday that Moscow plans to start up the Bushehr nuclear power station in March 2010 to coincide with the Iranian New Year.
However, Mehmanparast said there is no difference about the date announced recently for the startup of the plant by the Russian side and the date announced previously.
“The date which announced for the completion of the plant by Russia in recent talks has no contradiction with the date announced previously.”
