Iran Press/Iran News: “We are producing [enriched uranium] with a good capacity and our stockpile is 60 to 70 kilograms above the 300kg [limit] and this amount is growing fast,” he said Tuesday on the sideline of a ceremony which marked the construction of a research centre on separation and development of the applications of stable isotopes at Fordow nuclear facility in Qom, reported Iran Press.
Kamalvandi also touched upon production of heavy water in his remarks, saying that Iran is not obliged to restrict heavy water production to 130 tons. “Although our heavy water exports are not big figures, we have diverse markets which include European and non-European countries.”
Today Iran is exporting heavy water and other products such as Oxygen-18 which shows that Iran is able to export high-tech products. He said that Iran should not lose any of these markets.
Earlier on July 10, the Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran had emphasised that if the Europeans do not fulfil their obligations, Iran will consider a set of options including a further increase in uranium enrichment.
Iran had earlier announced that it will scale down its commitments to JCPOA, in the first phase, said it would start enriching uranium as much as it needs and more than 3.67% purity limit which has been set as a cap in the JCPOA.
Tehran also announced it will modernise its Arak heavy water reactor, stopping short of plans to convert it to a nuclear research facility. The Iranian measures will be a proper response to Europe’s failure to continue its commercial and business ties with Tehran. 203/211
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