Iran to launch UO2 production line in three months
The director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran
announced on Tuesday that the production line of enriched UO2 (uranium dioxide)
will be launched within three months. AEOI Director Ali Akbar Salehi also said
that enriched UO2 would be used to provide nuclear fuel for the Bushehr nuclear
power plant. UO2 is a black, radioactive, and crystalline powder that naturally
occurs in the mineral uraninite. It is used in nuclear fuel rods in nuclear
reactors.
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