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Iran is designing a new nuclear reactor for radio-isotope production that is "more powerful" than its existing Tehran research facility, atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi said today.
Iran is designing a new nuclear reactor for radio-isotope production that is "more powerful" than its existing Tehran research facility, atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi said today.
Salehi said Tehran will also adopt a "dual-track" policy in dealing with the world powers which imposed new sanctions on Tehran even as they offered to talk with the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme.
"Iran is designing a reactor to produce radio isotopes which will be more powerful than the Tehran reactor and this reactor will be commissioned soon in the country," Salehi was quoted as saying on state television's website.
Salehi, who implements Iran's nuclear programme which Western powers suspect masks an atomic weapons drive, said Tehran wanted to commission several such reactors across the country.
"Our plan is to commission several reactors in the north, south, east and the west of the country so that we can produce radio isotopes for sale and export to the regional and Islamic countries that need them," Salehi said.
Since October last year, the Tehran research facility has been embroiled in Iran's confrontation with the West over the issue of supplying it with uranium fuel.
Iran and the world powers have been unable to arrive at a decision over how to provide the 20% enriched uranium that is required to power the facility.
Salehi's announcement today is yet another defiant step by Iran which started purifying uranium to that level on its own despite outrage by the world powers which slapped on the sanctions last week.
The UN Security Council resolution passed on June 9 specifies that Iran must abandon the enrichment drive. Tehran says the sensitive work has no military aims.
Salehi said that Iran too will adopt a "dual-track" policy to deal with the world powers that have been implementing such a strategy against Tehran.
"Our dual-track policy is to have dialogue based on honesty as a first step and, as a second step, to push ahead with our nuclear programme in order to confront the pressure from enemies."
World powers have been advocating what they say is the "carrot-and-stick" policy -- applying pressure through sanctions and urging for dialogue -- to make Iran halt its enrichment programme.
Hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticised this Western policy today, saying Tehran would now be the one setting the conditions for future talks.
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