Iran says it is taking initial steps to design reactor fuel


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  • Sunday, 13 Jan 2019

FILE PHOTO: Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi speaks to Reuters during an interview in Brussels, Belgium November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is taking preliminary steps to design uranium fuel with a purity of 20 percent for reactors instead of having to copy foreign designs, Iran's nuclear chief said on Sunday.

Iran's 2015 nuclear accord with world powers caps the level to which it is able to enrich uranium to 3.67 percent purity, well below the 20 percent it was reaching before the deal, and the roughly 90 percent that is weapons-grade.

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