(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 13. The Atomic Energy
Organization of Iran (AEOI) took important steps in the direction
of turning ideas into products in the nuclear industry, over the
last Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through March 20, 2023), Vice
President of Iran and Chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of
Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami said, trend reports.
Eslami noted that last year, researches were conducted in the
field of radiation.
In particular, he said, one of the important products that will
affect the health and lifestyle of the population was the
production of irradiators (machines that expose products to gamma
radiation to kill germs and insects or for other purposes). Last
year, gamma irradiating systems with a capacity of 20 tons were
produced in the country domestically for the first time, taking the
example of a gamma irradiating system produced by a foreign
country.
He went on to say that in four months, 50-ton and 100-ton
irradiating systems were manufactured and put to use.
The VP also reminded that presentation of irradiating system
against pests and insects in the country's agricultural sector was
held 10 days ago.
According to Eslami, 159 achievements of the Atomic Energy
Organization of Iran in the field of nuclear industry have been
recorded during last year.
On June 12, 2023, Spokesman of the AEOI, Behrouz Kamalvandi said
that the main goal of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI)
in its nuclear research (including uranium enrichment, etc.) is to
commercialize its nuclear industry by producing various types of
products.
Iran discloses various programs related to its nuclear industry
to reflect that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.
However, according to the information obtained by the International
Atomic Energy Agency, Iran has increased the amount of highly
enriched uranium by 27 percent in the last three months, and
currently the country's enriched uranium reserves are 4,745
kilograms. This is 15 times more than the amount of uranium allowed
for Iran in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
On May 8, 2018, the US announced its withdrawal from the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and the 5+1 group
(Russia, China, the UK, France, the US, and Germany), and imposed
new sanctions against Iran as of November 2018.
Over the past period, the sanctions affected Iranian oil
exports, more than 700 banks, companies, and individuals. The
sanctions have resulted in the freezing of Iranian assets
abroad.
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