Iran, Russia agree to produce nuclear fuel
PRESSTV Tue Mar 3, 2015 1:52PM
http://presstv.com/Detail/2015/03/03/400047/Iran-Russia-plan-nuclear-fuel-production

Iran and Russia have struck a deal to produce nuclear fuel in the Islamic
Republic, Iran’s ambassador to Russia says.

“Based on a memorandum, Iran and Russia have agreed to jointly produce fuel
and this is within the framework of our country’s long-term plans for
nuclear fuel production,” Forsat-e Emrouz daily newspaper quoted Mehdi
Sanaei as saying.

He said that the cooperation agreement is a “very positive step for
deepening nuclear cooperation” between the two countries.

Sanaei said the ground is close to being broken for the construction of a
second nuclear power plant in Bushehr, southern Iran, where Russia has
already built Iran’s first power station.

Last November, Iran and Russia agreed to build eight more nuclear power
plants in Iran.

According to the deal, up to four of the projected power plants are planned
to be built at the site of Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran.

The remaining four are expected to be constructed elsewhere in Iran, but the
exact location has not been determined yet.

Moscow and Tehran have also expressed their intention to cooperate in the
field of the nuclear fuel cycle and ecology, saying they will look into the
possibility of producing components of nuclear fuel in Iran in the future.

After signing a deal on the construction of nuclear plants in 1992, Tehran
and Moscow reached an agreement in 1995 to complete Iran’s Bushehr nuclear
power plant, but the project was delayed several times due to a number of
technical and financial problems.

The 1,000-megawatt plant, which is operating under the full supervision of
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), reached its maximum power
generation capacity in August 2012.

In September 2013, Iran officially took over from Russia the first unit of
its first 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plant for two years.

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