A senior Iranian lawmaker says the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) is taking the initial steps to design another heavy-water reactor similar to an existing one in the city of Arak. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Abolfazl Amouei, the spokesman for the Iranian Parliaments National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said the AEOIs spokesman ...

IRNA Chief scientific adviser in the UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) for nuclear science and technology Robin William Grimes expressed his satisfaction over having the opportunity to visit the Arak Reactor modernizing project last week. The British Embassy in Tehran released a video on Thursday from Robin William Grimes, a senior scientific adviser ...

AFP - A team of British experts arrived in Iran on Monday to begin work to upgrade the Arak heavy water nuclear reactor, the UK embassy in Tehran said. Iran removed the core of the Arak facility and filled part of it with cement as part of a 2015 deal that gave the country relief from sanctions in return for curbs on its nuclear programme. Located ...

MNA China will continue to step up communication and coordination with all relevant parties and jointly advance the project on renovation of Irans Arak heavy water nuclear reactor, said Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesperson. The US recently announced its decision to extend the sanction waivers on nuclear projects under the JCPOA, including the renovation ...

MNA Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) hailed the good coordination between the Iranian, Chinese and British sides engaged in the reconstruction project of Arak reactor, saying the plan is going on at a good pace. The joint committee for the reconstruction of Arak reactor, including China and Britain, is doing well....

IRNA - Spokesman for Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi underscored that Tehran prioritizes re-designing of Arak reactor, saying that if the actions of the JCPOA partners and re-designing of working group are slowed down, Iran may restore Arak's old reactor. Commenting on the steps taken to re-design the heavy water reactor ...

MNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran will restore Arak reactor to its original design from July 7 if European partners to the deal fail to comply with their commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal. Making the remarks at Wednesdays cabinet session, Rouhani said that from July 7, Iran will start its measures [to reduce commitments ...

IRNA - Director general of the Department of Arms Control of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Fu Cong said that China is complying with its commitments to Arak reactor. "China will also go forward at full speed with respect to the Arak nuclear reactor project," Fu Cong said according to the Chinese media. He added: "Iran has sent a "clear and loud" ...

IRNA Talks on re-designing Arak reactor will continue next week, a senior official said on Sunday. Re-designing of Arak reactor is at its final stages and it is at the stage of detailed design, Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi told reporters. Next week, the Iranian negotiators will talk on the installation ...

IRNA Iranian official said on Saturday that Iran is continuing heavy water production in Arak facility and the process has not stopped. An advisor to head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) Ali Asghar Zarean said that the Arak facility is now working with the capacity of producing 20 tons of uranium in a year. He pointed to re-design ...

MNA AEOI Spokesman Kamalvandi said Iran has no need for financial aid from 5+1 in redesigning Arak heavy water reactor, adding foreign investment places a claim on part of the complexs management.Behrouz Kamalvandi, Deputy Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) for International, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs,told Mehr News correspondent ...

MNA The maintenance of the Arak heavy water research reactor is the first step of its redesign under Irans nuclear deal, Spokesman for the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said Monday. Hossein Naghavi Hosseini referred to the recent report issued by the International Atomic Energy Agencywhich verified Irans non-...

MNA AEOI Spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said redesigning of Arak reactor was being undertaken according to the anticipated schedule and would be accomplished within 3-4 years.Behrouz Kamalvandi, Deputy Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) for International, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, told reporters that, according to predefined ...

FNA- Iran and China inked a contract to redesign the heavy water reactor near the Central city of Arak based on the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and the world powers. Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi had earlier announced that final negotiations on cooperation between Tehran and Beijing on redesigning Arak ...

Tasnim China's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday that Tehran and Beijing will soon sign the first commercial contract to redesign a nuclear plant in southern Iran as part of the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers. Chinese Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the contract for the plant's redesign would be signed on Sunday in ...

IRNA -- Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi said on Tuesday that Tehran and Beijing are to finalize deal on modernizing Arak heavy water nuclear reactor in Vienna next week. Speaking in the Majlis energy commission, he said for several times we have attended the energy commission to brief Majlis (parliament) representatives ...

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) Head of AEOI has said in reconstruction of Arak reactor, all affairs have been assigned to indigenous managers including project management. Ali Akbar Salehi told reporters on Sunday that 'definitely,' reconstruction of Arak heavy water reactor would be a mission to be achieved by Iranian indigenous expert labor force; "the ...

A senior Iranian official says Iran and China will resume negotiations on ways to modernize the Arak heavy water reactor. Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi said on Monday that technical and legal experts of the body would hold talks with Chinese nuclear officials in Vienna later in the day, ISNA reported....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi announced that Tehran, Beijing and Washington will soon start a series of trilateral meetings to discuss modernization of Iran's heavy water reactor in Arak. "We will hold trilateral meetings among Iran, China and the US soon so that the three countries will ...

Tehran, Jan 31, IRNA One of my sweetest moments during the nuclear talks was when the other party resigned to Iran's plan to redesign its heavy-water reactor in Arak instead of dismantling it, says Iran's top nuclear negotiator. 'We decided to keep the reactor and redesign the core,' Abbas Araqchi, who is also the head of Headquarters to Supervise ...