* One day after Iran launched its first nuclear power plant, former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix has hailed "positive" cooperation between Tehran and Moscow.
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Source: DTN News / Press TV(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 23, 2010: Iran began injecting the first supply of nuclear fuel into the Bushehr nuclear power plant on Saturday, after Russia delivered its first batch of nuclear fuel.
Frmer UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix
The fact that Russia is supplying Iran with fuel is "very positive," as it demonstrates that Tehran could rely on foreign suppliers for its fuel need, Blix told the BBC on Sunday.
The remarks came on the heel of similar claims by State Department spokesman Darby Holladay.
Holladay acknowledged that the Iranian nuclear facility carries no risk of proliferation but stressed that launching the power plant "underscores that Iran does not need an indigenous enrichment capability if its intentions are purely peaceful."
The west insists that Iran should exchange its low-enriched uranium abroad for fuel for a medical research reactor.
However, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi has rejected such claims.
"Suppose we receive the required nuclear fuel for the plant from the Russians for the next ten years, what are we going to do for the next 30 to 50 years?" the Iranian nuclear point man queried on Saturday.
Iranian officials have repeatedly said that they do not "trust" the West and cannot rely on it for nuclear fuel supply.
Israel and its allies accuse Iran of pursuing a military nuclear program through its enrichment program.
Tehran rejects the accusations, arguing that as a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency and a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty it has the right to peaceful nuclear energy*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News, contact: dtnnews@ymail.com
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