Sun, Dec 15, 2002 - Page 1 News List

Iran disputes US charges over its nuclear program

REAL REBUFF?As the US expressed concerns about two nuclear facilities, officials in Tehran said UN inspectors had already been invited to take a look

REUTERS , WASHINGTON AND TEHRAN

David Albright, president of the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), said his organization was publishing its findings on the Iranian sites because it wanted the IAEA to inspect them.

ISIS reported on its Web site that the complex near Arak appeared to include a plant to produce heavy water, a nuclear product that can be used either in civilian reactors or in the fuel cycle for making weapons.

"There is concern that this effort to obtain a complete fuel cycle is aimed at developing the capability to make separated plutonium and highly enriched uranium, the two main nuclear explosive materials," it said.

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