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US says "deeply troubled" over Iran's nuclear reactor plans

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05-06-2013 | 07:29

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US says "deeply troubled" over Iran's nuclear reactor plans

The United States said on Wednesday it is "deeply troubled" over Iran's plans to launch a new heavy water reactor in 2014 and its refusal to provide the U.N. nuclear watchdog with necessary design information about the plant.

Western diplomats and experts say the Arak reactor could yield plutonium for nuclear bombs if its spent fuel were reprocessed; something which Iran says it has no intention of doing. The Islamic Republic says the plant will produce medical and agricultural isotopes.

"We are deeply troubled that Iran claims that the IR-40 heavy water reactor at Arak could be commissioned as soon as early 2014, but still refuses to provide the requisite design information for the reactor," U.S. Ambassador Joseph Macmanus told the board of the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency.

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