Iran Produces 1st Nuclear Rod, Tests ’’Mehrab’’ Missile
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Despite long decades of US, West, and UN's sanctions, Iranian scientists have succeeded in producing their first nuclear fuel rod.
According to the Islamic Republic's nuclear agency Sunday, Tehran managed to seek a way to manufacture the fuel rods on its own, since the sanctions ban it from buying them on foreign markets.
Nuclear fuel rods are tubes containing pellets of enriched uranium that provide fuel for reactors.
"The domestically made fuel rod had already been inserted into the core of Tehran's research nuclear reactor," the agency declared.
The agency clarified that "the rod which has received rays for 1500 MW per hour has successfully passed neutron-related tests in terms of radioactivity level and non-leakage of the radioactive materials during initial phases in different powers in the reactor."
Meanwhile, Iran's Navy said that "it had test-fired the medium-range surface-to-air missile "Mehrab" during a drill in international waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz - the passageway for a significant portion of the world's oil supply.
Deputy Navy Commander Mahmoud Mousavi told IRNA that "it had successfully test fired a medium-range surface-to-air missile equipped with the latest sophisticated anti-radar technologies."
Despite long decades of US, West, and UN's sanctions, Iranian scientists have succeeded in producing their first nuclear fuel rod.
According to the Islamic Republic's nuclear agency Sunday, Tehran managed to seek a way to manufacture the fuel rods on its own, since the sanctions ban it from buying them on foreign markets.
Nuclear fuel rods are tubes containing pellets of enriched uranium that provide fuel for reactors.
"The domestically made fuel rod had already been inserted into the core of Tehran's research nuclear reactor," the agency declared.
The agency clarified that "the rod which has received rays for 1500 MW per hour has successfully passed neutron-related tests in terms of radioactivity level and non-leakage of the radioactive materials during initial phases in different powers in the reactor."
Meanwhile, Iran's Navy said that "it had test-fired the medium-range surface-to-air missile "Mehrab" during a drill in international waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz - the passageway for a significant portion of the world's oil supply.
Deputy Navy Commander Mahmoud Mousavi told IRNA that "it had successfully test fired a medium-range surface-to-air missile equipped with the latest sophisticated anti-radar technologies."
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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