Iran to build another nuke research reactor: atomic head
16:14, 16 June 2010
TEHRAN. June 16. KAZINFORM The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi said Wednesday Iran will build another nuclear reactor for research use, which is designed to be "more powerful" than the Tehran reactor, state IRIB TV reported; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
"The design of this nuclear reactor will be completed by the end of this year (21 March according to Iranian calendar) and it needs two more years for the reactor to be constructed," Salehi was quoted as saying.
He said Tehran has decided to launch reactors in different parts of the country and export the produced isotopes to the regional and Islamic countries which are in dire need of the drugs; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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