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Iran plans small scale nuclear fuel work { December 2005 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-01-10T152353Z_01_WRI052213_RTRUKOC_0_UK-NUCLEAR-IRAN-ELBARADEI.xml&archived=False http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-01-10T152353Z_01_WRI052213_RTRUKOC_0_UK-NUCLEAR-IRAN-ELBARADEI.xml&archived=False Iran plans 'small scale' nuclear fuel work - IAEA Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:24 PM GMT BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday that Iran intended to begin "small-scale" uranium enrichment work, contradicting previous statements by Tehran that it had no intention of producing any nuclear fuel. "Iran ... informed the Agency that it planned to install small-scale gas ultracentrifuge cascades ... and that, during this "R&D" (research and development), UF6 gas would be fed into these cascades for research purposes," the International Atomic Energy Agency said in an emailed statement. Uranium hexafluoride (UF6) is the form of uranium fed into centrifuges, which purify the uranium gas into fuel for nuclear power plants or weapons by spinning at supersonic speeds. Several diplomats said the IAEA's 35-nation board had received a full report on Iran's breaking of IAEA seals at three nuclear facilities. The facilities had been mothballed under a November 2004 deal with France, Britain and Germany. An Iranian official had earlier denied any suggestion that Iran was resuming the production of nuclear fuel at Natanz in central Iran, a facility which Tehran hid from the IAEA until Iranian dissident exiles revealed its existence in 2002. Although the scale of the centrifuge research would be small, diplomats say it will enable Iran to master the art of enriching uranium so that it could make bombs in the future. "IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei expressed his serious concern about Iran's decision to unravel the suspension of enrichment-related activities requested by the IAEA board of governors before the Agency has clarified the nature of Iran's nuclear programme," the IAEA statement said. ElBaradei has been investigating Iran's nuclear programme, which the United States and the European Union believe is aimed at developing nuclear weapons, for three years. The IAEA has so far been unable to verify Iran's claims that its nuclear programme is purely for peaceful purposes. © Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.

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