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Iran claims to have manufactured own yellowcake
Iran said for the first time that it had domestically produced a batch of uranium yellowcake -- the raw material for atomic weapons.Yesterday's yellowcake announcement removes a key restraint on Tehran, which was previously reliant on 600 tonnes of yellowcake acquired from South Africa in the 1970s, prior to the Islamic revolution. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's atomic programme, struck a triumphalist tone in revealing the development. "The West had counted on the possibility of us being in trouble over raw material," he said. "Iran has become self-sufficient in the entire fuel cycle, starting from [uranium] exploration, mining and then turning it into yellowcake and converting it." Posted by: trailing wife 2010-12-06 |
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