Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Iran Produces First Domestically-Produced Uranium Yellowcake VOA News 05 December 2010 Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, cuts a ribbon during a ceremony, as a truck is seen behind him, containing Iran's first domestically mined raw uranium, at the Isfahan uranium conversion facility (UCF), central Iran, 05 De Photo: AP Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, cuts a ribbon during a ceremony, as a truck is seen behind him, containing Iran's first domestically mined raw uranium, at the Isfahan uranium conversion facility (UCF), central Iran, 05 Dec 2010 Iranian state television says the country will use domestically-produced uranium concentrates for the first time Sunday at a key plant in its nuclear program. The announcement said that experts will use yellowcake, a uranium concentrate powder processed in the country, at the Isfahan conversion plant. It has previously used yellowcake bought from South Africa in the 1970s. The news came on the eve of talks Monday between European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in Geneva. Ashton will represent the group of world powers known as the P5+1 in what will be the first talks with Tehran on its nuclear program in more than a year. The group is made up of Germany and the five permanent United Nations Security Council members - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States. Iran has sought to assure its Gulf neighbors that it is not a threat to them, after revelations that Gulf Arab leaders are concerned about Tehran's nuclear program. Western nations have accused Iran of pursuing technology to build a nuclear weapon, a charge Iran denies. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted by Iranian media Saturday as saying his country is ready for talks on cooperation but will not negotiate what he described as "Iran's inalienable rights." Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters. .