Iran announces the feat of nuclear technology

Iran's Atomic Energy Agency (AEOI) yesterday announced that its scientists have produced the first nuclear fuel rod.

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'The scientists and researchers of the Iran Atomic Energy Agency have achieved great milestones in the production and testing of the first prototype of the nuclear fuel rod,' AP led AEOI's announcement on their website. .

AEOI said that the nuclear fuel rod was put into the core of the nuclear reactor for research.

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Nuclear fuel bars are cylindrical tubes containing enriched uranium to supply fuel to a nuclear reactor.

AEOI's announcement marks an important step in the nuclear fuel cycle - from uranium ore mining to fuel rod production - despite United Nations sanctions. However, Western countries claim that Tehran has mastered the technology of producing fuel rods for a long time.

Iranian officials have said UN and Western sanctions have forced their scientists to find their own technology to make nuclear fuel because Tehran can not buy fuel technology. nuclear in the international market.

The US and its allies in Europe accuse Iran of using civilian nuclear programs to hide its ambition to build nuclear weapons. Iran denies the allegations and insists they only want to use nuclear power for civilian purposes - such as the production of isotopes for cancer treatment and the production of electricity.

A few days ago Tehran proposed launching new rounds of nuclear talks with six US, British, French, Russian, Chinese and German powers. The most recent talks between Iran and six countries took place in January last year, but no results were achieved.