‘Iran will continue fuel plate production’

Iran’s top nuclear official says the country has succeeded in delivering some four or five batches of fuel to the Tehran Research Reactor, stressing that the Islamic Republic will press on with fuel plate production.

According to Press TV, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Fereydoun Abbasi told reporters on Wednesday “The production of fuel plates and their conversion into fuel complexes to be used in the Tehran Research Reactor currently continues in the Isfahan factory.”
He added that Iran currently has the capacity to produce some two nuclear fuel complexes per month but can increase it to three.
Abbasi said with some four or five batches of fuel produced and transferred to the Tehran Research Reactor, we have presently no problem in launching the reactor and producing radio-medicine, adding that ‘we will gradually replace consumed fuel with new fuel.’
The AEOI head said all of Iran’s nuclear activities are carried out under the surveillance of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and their nuclear safety is ensured. No specific incident to hurt people has occurred so far.
On November 11, IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano acknowledged that Iran’s nuclear energy facilities are used for peaceful purposes.
Amano confirmed that a large number of nuclear energy facilities in Iran are under IAEA supervision and are used for civilian purposes.