IRAN has taken a "major step forward" at its under-construction heavy water reactor in the central town of Arak by installing the reactor vessel at the site.
The development comes in spite of numerous rounds of UN and Western sanctions designed at cutting off Iran's access to nuclear technology.
"The installation is a major step in the progress of this project," the state broadcaster quoted nuclear chief Fereydoon Abbasi Davani as saying.
Western countries fear the reactor could provide the Islamic republic with plutonium if the fuel is reprocessed. Highly enriched uranium and plutonium can both be used in a nuclear weapon. read full article:http://www.news.com.au/world-news/iran-takes-major-step-at-nuclear-site-reactor-vessel-installed/story-fndir2ev-1226661039479
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