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Iran website: Tehran should make nuclear ship fuel
Posted in LBN the other day: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014168432
Iran website: Tehran should make nuclear ship fuel
Source: Associated Press
Iran should enrich uranium to new levels close to weapons-grade to produce fuel for proposed nuclear-powered oil tankers, a conservative Iranian news website said Monday.
Iran currently has no such ships. The commentary by Mashreghnews.ir, which reflects the views of some Iranian hardliners, comes after a parliamentary committee prepared a bill that would require the Islamic Republic to design nuclear-powered merchant ships and provide them with nuclear fuel.
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"To reach nuclear propulsion, the country's nuclear industry inevitably has to upgrade the level of nuclear enrichment to the average level needed for new marine reactors, and that will be 50 to 60 percent," Mashreghnews.ir said.
The website said this will be an "effective step to thwart sanctions and make them ineffective."
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Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jxjBaiXFNUlXhAQQn960RomeVDVw?docId=570956340200440b95ef61fba1a3031e
Source: Associated Press
Iran should enrich uranium to new levels close to weapons-grade to produce fuel for proposed nuclear-powered oil tankers, a conservative Iranian news website said Monday.
Iran currently has no such ships. The commentary by Mashreghnews.ir, which reflects the views of some Iranian hardliners, comes after a parliamentary committee prepared a bill that would require the Islamic Republic to design nuclear-powered merchant ships and provide them with nuclear fuel.
<snip>
"To reach nuclear propulsion, the country's nuclear industry inevitably has to upgrade the level of nuclear enrichment to the average level needed for new marine reactors, and that will be 50 to 60 percent," Mashreghnews.ir said.
The website said this will be an "effective step to thwart sanctions and make them ineffective."
<snip>
Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jxjBaiXFNUlXhAQQn960RomeVDVw?docId=570956340200440b95ef61fba1a3031e
