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Spokesman: Iran to Inject Gas into Advanced Home-Made IR8 Centrifuges Soon
Spokesman: Iran to Inject Gas into Advanced Home-Made IR8 Centrifuges Soon
Tue Dec 20, 2016 5:13
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950930001306
TEHRAN (FNA)- Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI)
Behrouz Kamalvandi announced that the country would inject gas into its
latest generation of centrifuge machines, IR8, in the next few weeks.
“The IR8 tests have come to an end and they will go into the stage of gas
injection in the next few weeks,” Kamalvandi told reporters in a press
conference in Tehran on Tuesday.
The gas injection into the IR8 will be carried out under a paragraph of the
nuclear deal that allows research activities on the eighth generation of
Iran’s centrifuge machines, known as the IR8.
Elsewhere, he referred to the meeting of the joint commission of the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) due to be held on January 10 with the
new American team (to be named by the new US president) in attendence, and
said, “One or two days before this date, we will have technical discussions
and the Americans will participate with the same old team (of the Obama
administration); naturally, we will not negotiate on the JCPOA again (with
the new team), and different issues, including redesigning of Arak (heavy
water) reactor, should be discussed in that meeting.”
Asked about the result of Iran’s discussions with Director-General of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano on the country’s
decision to manufacture nuclear propulsion systems for marine
transportation, Kamalvandi said, “Mr. Amano said that it is not a violation
(of the JCPOA) and he asked about the type of the propulsion system and
Iran’s goals and wanted to know the level of enrichment (of the nuclear
fuel) for this purpose.”
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi had announced in August
2015 the country’s plans to produce the necessary fuel for 5 to 6 nuclear
reactors using its IR8 centrifuges in the next 15 years.
“Most countries’ development plans are for 10 years, but we will probably
present a 15-year nuclear development plan to the agency (IAEA), based on
which at the end of the program Iran will be producing one million SWUs
(Separative Work Unit) of nuclear fuel, which will be sufficient for running
five to six nuclear reactors,” Araqchi said, addressing a parliamentary
meeting.
He also said that in accordance with the JCPOA, Iran will have restriction
in manufacturing new machines for eight years, but after the 8th year based
on its own plans, Iran will begin making IR6 and IR8 enrichment machines.
“Meanwhile between the 14th and the 15th years, we will be producing one
million SWUs of nuclear fuel, keeping in mind that 190,000 SWUs of nuclear
fuel is sufficient for running one reactor and by the end of the 15th year
when our IR8 centrifuges will be working at full capacity, we will be
producing fuel for 5 to 6 reactors,” Araqchi added.
Source: http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=71909
