Iranian workers in front of the Bushehr nuclear power plant. Photograph: Stringer/Iran/Reuters
Iran Converts Enriched Uranium To Reactor Fuel, Reports Say -- New York Times
PARIS — As it prepares for two sets of negotiations with outsiders on its disputed nuclear program, Iran said on Tuesday that it was converting some of its enriched uranium into reactor fuel, the state news agency IRNA reported, potentially limiting the expansion of stockpiles that the West fears could be used for weapons.
Iranian officials are to meet on Wednesday in Tehran with Herman Nackaerts, the deputy director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations nuclear watchdog, who has been pressing for access to a restricted military area at Parchin, 20 miles south of Tehran. International inspectors suspect the site may have been used for testing bomb triggers.
Later this month, Iranian negotiators are to meet in Kazakhstan with representatives of six powers — the United States, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany — for a further round in a series of long-running and inconclusive talks about curbing Tehran’s nuclear enrichment program.
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Update #1: Iran Converting Part Of Uranium Stockpile To Fuel, Easing Bomb Fears -- Reuters
Update #2: Iran confirms conversion of 20-pct enriched uranium into fuel ahead of IAEA talks -- Xinhuanet
Update #3: Iran Begins Converting Enriched Uranium Into Reactor Fuel -- RTT
My Comment: Until UN inspectors are allowed in to inspect the sites without interference from Iranian officials .... I will continue to remain skeptical of all Iranian claims.