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Russia completes enriched uranium withdrawal from Iran
Russia has completed withdrawing enriched uranium from Iran as part of an agreement between Tehran and the world’s six powers on the Iranian nuclear issue, a Russian diplomatic source familiar with the agreement’s implementation told TASS Dec. 28.“This procedure has been completed,” the source said. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said earlier that there were plans to complete the withdrawal of enriched uranium from Iran until the end of the year. He said the withdrawal volume amounted to "over 8.5 tons" of uranium low-enriched material. In exchange, Tehran is expected to receive natural uranium. As Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said earlier, Iran will get 140 tons of uranium ore from Russia in exchange for enriched uranium. Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi has said “the Islamic Republic of Iran will get 137 tons of the so-called yellow cake [uranium concentrate as the original raw material for enrichment].” “Meanwhile, nine tons of enriched uranium will be withdrawn into Russia,” he said. US: Ship with low-enriched uranium leaves Iran for Russia [Ynet] A ship carrying more than 25,000 pounds (11,000 kg) of low-enriched uranium materials left Iran for Russia on Monday in a major Iranian step toward fulfilling its commitments in the July 14 nuclear deal with major powers, US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... said. "The shipment included the removal of all of Iran's nuclear material enriched to 20 percent that was not already in the form of fabricated fuel plates for the Tehran Research Reactor," he said in a statement. "This removal of all this enriched material out of Iran is a significant step toward Iran meeting its commitment to have no more than 300 kg of low-enriched uranium." Posted by: Steve White 2015-12-29 |
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