Iran Law Mandates Uranium Work; New Plant Planned
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the enactment of a law that obliges Iran to produce nuclear fuel for its Tehran medical-research reactor, on the day the country said it will build a new uranium-enrichment plant.
The Peaceful Nuclear Achievements Protection Law, passed by parliament July 18, bans Iranian officials from cooperating with the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency beyond the minimum standards of the global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the government said today on its information website. Iran has defied United Nations demands to cease uranium enrichment. Enriched uranium can be used to fuel a reactor or, at higher concentrations, to form the core of a bomb.