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Iran now willing to discuss swapping its enriched uranium

Iran wants to reopen talks about a nuclear fuel swap,  guardian.co.uk, Julian Borger, 19 April 2010, As a new sanctions resolution is discussed at the Security Council, Tehran has sent signals it might still be prepared to strike a deal over its uranium stockpile…... at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference in New York. the US and its allies will try to focus the discussion on Iran, and the threat of nuclear terrorism. Iran will strive to keep the spotlight on the failure of the nuclear weapons states thus far to disarm, and Israel’s refusal to join the NPT. As the review conference requires a consensus, few expect a clear outcome (with worrying implications for the NPT’s future. The focus of the action will be the western attempt to isolate Iran…..

One interesting piece of news amid the rhetoric was Manouchehr Mottaki’s announcement that Iran is seeking to reopen talks on last year’s abortive deal on the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR), the arrangement provisionally agreed last October by which Iran would swap 1200 kg of its low enriched uranium (LEU) for 20% enriched fuel rods to make medical isotopes in the TRR.

Iran wants to reopen talks about a nuclear fuel swap | World news | guardian.co.uk

April 20, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics international | antinuclear, enriched, nuclear spin, recycling, uranium