Iran announces new step in nuclear program

Friday, 29 July 2022newsdesk

Iran will build a new domestically made nuclear research reactor near the city of Isfahan, the country's vice president and head of the national Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, said on Wednesday.

New Delhi, 29 July 2022

“We are planning to officially start construction on a research reactor at the Isfahan nuclear site in the coming weeks,” Eslami told reporters during a visit to the facility’s Uranium Conversion Facility (UFC). As per news report of Rt.com, built in the 1980s, the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center in central Iran is the country’s largest nuclear research facility. In addition to being home to the UFC, it reportedly houses several Chinese-made research reactors, a fuel production plant and other essential nuclear infrastructure.

Source - Rt.com