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Iran Announces Discovery of Large Uranium Deposit
A new uranium deposit has been found in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan near the city of Bandar Abas, Vice President of Iran and head of the Iranian Organization for Atomic Energy Gholamreza Aghazadeh announced. “The reserves of uranium at this deposit have not been fully investigated,” he told the ISNA on Tuesday, “but by initial estimates the deposit is significant.” He added that processing of the uranium-containing ore would provide Iran with 30 tons of uranium concentrate (yellow cake) per year. Ali Larijadi, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, stated that “Iran has sufficient reserves of uranium so we don't have to worry about providing uranium for the production of nuclear fuel.”
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