Progress touted in nuclear program
From Times Wire Reports
The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said the country had produced its first nuclear fuel pellets for use in the Arak heavy-water reactor, which is still under construction.
The uranium oxide pellets are made in a process separate from the uranium enrichment at the heart of a standoff between Iran and the U.S., but the Arak reactor is a concern to the West because its spent fuel can be used to produce plutonium, which can be used for a nuclear weapon.
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