Yellow-cake Production Plant At Ardakan To Go On Stream Tuesday

Yazd, April 9, IRNA – Ardakan Governor Ahmad Kamali said on Monday that Saghand uranium complex and Shahid Rezaei Nejad yellow-cake production plant are to come on stream on Tuesday marking the national ˈNuclear Dayˈ. April 9 is honored as the national Nuclear Day in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In an exclusive interview with IRNA, he said the two major nuclear projects will come on stream upon the order of President Ahmadinejad and in the presence of a number of local officials in Ardakan. Saghand project aims to process uranium through natural resources, he said, adding that the equipment installed at the plant can extract uranium from underground resources. The extracted uranium in Saghand mine will be processed and changed into yellow-cake at Shahid Rezaei complex, he said. The two projects will come on stream in the current Iranian year designated as the ˈYear of Political and Economic Epicsˈ through a video-conference system, Kamali said./end