Iran’s Uranium Stock Stagnates as Reactor Delayed, IAEA Says
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Iran’s stock of uranium, the heavy metal at the center of the Islamic Republic’s clash with the United Nations, stagnated and the country delayed the startup of a new reactor, monitors reported.
While Iran’s total production of uranium enriched to 20 percent rose to 372.5 kilograms (821 pounds) from 324 kilograms in May, its stockpile of material that could be purified into bomb material at short notice grew 2 percent, the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency said today in a 14-page restricted report. It has converted or is in the process of converting 186.7 kilograms, or 50 percent of the stockpile, into reactor fuel, leaving it with 185.8 kilograms of material.