Iran to start producing 20-percent enriched fuel in two months

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 02 / Trend F.Milad/ Iran will start production of 20-percent enriched fuel for its nuclear facilities within the next two months, the Iranian Deputy Parliamentary Speaker said. Mohammad-Reza Bahonar told the Mehr news agency that the International Atomic Energy Organization has lingered on providing Iran with enriched fuel. So, Iranian experts will start producing 20-percent enriched fuel, he added. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi announced in November that the most modern facility for the production of nuclear fuel plates will come on stream in the near future. On November 23, 2011, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Director Fereydoun Abbasi said that the Bushehr nuclear power plant is scheduled to be connected to the national grid at its full capacity in two months. Last August, he stated that the Fordo enrichment facility would probably become operational in the next several months. According to the latest reports, centrifuges are being transferred from the Natanz nuclear facility to the Fordo enrichment facility, which is located near Qom. "The Fordo facility is being completed and a number of centrifuges have been transferred to the facility," Abbasi said. Iran has announced that the Fordo nuclear facility will produce 20 percent enriched uranium, which is needed to manufacture the nuclear fuel plates for the Tehran research reactor, which produces radioisotopes for cancer treatment. Iran has also announced that it will triple the production of nuclear fuel plates for the Tehran research reactor. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az