Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 36

6-September-2004

IRAN

IAEA Confirms Irans Uranium Upgrading Plans, Bushehr Start-Up Put Back Again

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been told by Iran that it plans to upgrade 37 tons of unprocessed uranium to make uranium hexafluoride, a gas which can be used in the production of nuclear weapons. A copy of a report by IAEA Director-General Muhammad al-Baradii was circulated among IAEA delegations on 1 September, ahead of its formal...