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| Tehran flags deal on nuke program |
| 2009-10-29 |
| TEHRAN: Iran welcomes the idea of exchanging nuclear fuel and is ready to co-operate with Western powers, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said last night. Mr Ahmadinejad hailed what he said was a change in the West's approach to Iran's nuclear program from "confrontation to co-operation". "We welcome fuel exchange, nuclear co-operation, building of power plants and reactors, and we are ready to co-operate," he said in the city of Mashhad. The speech came as Iran responded to a UN plan on shipping the country's low-enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment. The plan curtails any covert nuclear arms-making abilities by Iran. A hardline Iranian newspaper reported yesterday that Tehran would propose two amendments to the UN deal under which most of Tehran's low-enriched uranium would be sent abroad for conversion into nuclear fuel. The deal drafted by the International Atomic Energy Agency envisages 75 per cent of Tehran's low-enriched uranium stock being sent abroad for higher processing and conversion into fuel for an internationally supervised research reactor in Tehran, according to Javan. Tehran would propose two amendments to this deal, the paper said. Iran would offer its stock of LEU "gradually" in several batches rather than sending out the full 75 per cent in one go, the paper said, quoting an unnamed source. Secondly, Iran wanted to receive highly enriched uranium fuel at the same time as it hands over its LEU stock "as per a formula to be calculated by the IAEA based on the need of the Tehran reactor". |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Lot harder than you first thought Hmmm? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-10-29 18:51 |