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July 30, 2007

Nuclear Inspectors Visit Iranian Heavy Water Plant
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inspection of the Arak facility took five hours A team of inspectors
from the United Nations nuclear agency has visited a heavy water
reactor in Iran.







Arak heavy water production facility in Arak, Iran (file photo)Iranian
state media reports Monday's inspection of the Arak facility took five
hours. The facility will produce plutonium once it is completed.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini says another team
from the IAEA will visit Iran on August 6 to work out a framework for
inspecting the Natanz uranium enrichment facility.

Iran has agreed to allow the inspections as part of a deal to resolve
questions about its nuclear activities.

Plutonium and highly enriched uranium can be used to build nuclear
weapons.

The U.N. Security Council has imposed two sets of sanctions on Iran
because of its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.

The United States and its Western allies accuse Iran of trying to
develop nuclear weapons, but Iran says its atomic program is for
peaceful purposes.



Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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