Iran says it needs up to 300kg of nuclear fuel for cancer care isotope reactor

According to Western diplomats, Iran promised ‘to send about 80 percent of its stockpile of low-enriched uranium to Russia and France for processing and return to Tehran to replenish dwindling fuel stocks for a reactor in the capital that produces isotopes for cancer care.’ Iran’s low-enriched uranium stocks total around 1.5 metric tons. Received fuel would be refined to 20 percent. To meet the requirements for a year and a half of said reactor in Tehran, Iran needs up to 300kg of nuclear fuel.

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