Iran nuclear official says uranium exploration results promising | Reuters
DUBAI Preliminary exploration surveys for raw uranium in Iran are progressing well but it is too early to announce any discoveries, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Agency of Iran (AEOI) was quoted as saying on Sunday. Behrouz Kamalvandi spoke to the ISNA agency a day after AEOI chief Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted by state news agency IRNA as saying recent "discoveries" had made Iran confident of its reserves and a new mine would become operational soon. The discovery of raw uranium, which can be refined to make nuclear fuel, would make Iran's disputed nuclear programme more self-sufficient and raise concerns among those who fear the programme is aimed at developing a bomb, a charge Iran denies
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