According to Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi, the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization is in the process of designing a new, modern fuel for reactors like the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR), which uses 20% enriched uranium.
The TRR was built by the United States in 1967, and 52 years later is
the lone source of medical isotopes in Iran. Iran has long struggled to
get fuel for the reactor, and before the P5+1 nuclear deal made efforts
to produce the old fuel rods for it themselves.
Under the nuclear deal, Iran is limited in its ability to produce
nuclear fuel, and any design would have to be approved by the deal’s
signatories. Salehi says Iran believes a modern fuel design will improve
efficiency for the old reactor.
Since Iran is at present only producing 3.67% enriched uranium fuel for
their energy reactor, bumping up to 20% for the TRR, even with a safer
modern design is likely to rile the US and lead to them condemning the
Iran deal once again. Yet since the US has already withdrawn from the
pact, they would no longer be part of the working group that would
decide if the fuel design is permitted under the deal.
Too bad the U.S. withdrew from the deal because we will not have any way in limiting Iran’s new technology – boo-wah-hah-hah.
Bully Trump has already taken his ball and gone home. No doubt the other kids on the playground are relieved that he isn’t there, pushing and shoving. Iran will make a new deal with the other signatories.
Iran & we Americans not under the spell of our little rogue nuclear Welfare Client should be careful to be tactful & cautious as it becomes more and more obvious that the Trump cabal is fishing for ANY excuse for an attack on Iran. What other motive than to make Kushner a world class player in the Zionist putsch for advantage during the reighn of Trump.
What other choice do they have?
Well we could give them the medical isotopes they need, if that is all they want maybe that would suffice. I think 20% enrichment is allowed under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty so they are not in violation of that. Since the US has dropped out of the deal I suppose we have no more say. Leave it to Russia and the Europeans to decide.