European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif smile at the start of a conference in Vienna March 19, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader
Iran, Six Powers Lock Horns Over Nuclear Reactor That Could Yield Plutonium -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Iran and world powers locked horns on Wednesday over the future of a planned Iranian nuclear reactor that could yield plutonium for bombs as the United States warned "hard work" will be needed to overcome differences when the sides reconvene in April.
The meeting in Vienna was the second in a series that the six nations - the United States, China, Russia, Germany, France, Britain - hope will produce a verifiable settlement on the scope of Iran's nuclear program, ensuring it is oriented to peaceful ends only, and put to rest the risk of a new Middle East war.
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More News On The Iranian Nuclear Talks Being Adjourned Till April 7
Progress made in 'substantive' Iran nuclear talks -- AFP
Iran ready to remove fears over Arak reactor -- AP
Nuclear Talks Enter Second Day In Vienna -- Radio Free Europe
Ukraine Tensions Loom Over Iran Nuclear Talks -- WSJ
Iran's Zarif optimistic about July deadline for nuclear deal -- Reuters
Iran says ‘too early’ to draft final nuclear accord -- Al Arabiya/AFP
Iran nuclear deal proves elusive -- New Straits Times
Congress gives Obama administration window for Iran talks -- Al-Monitor
World powers and Iran adjourn nuclear talks until April 7 -- Haaretz/Reuters
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The key fact regarding the Arak heavy water reactor it runs on unenriched uranium, which is why Iran started working on it, as a hedge against US sanctions preventing its enrichment program from being successful.
Iran has no reprocessing facility and has already told the IAEA that it has no interest in reprocessing. The fuel rods from that or any other reactor cannot therefore be used as a plutonium source.
It would all be under IAEA surveillance, as Iran's other facilities are.
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