Baku, Azerbaijan, April 22. Iran is currently
generating income through the production of heavy water and related
products in the nuclear energy sector, said Mohammad Eslami, Iran’s
Vice President and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI),
Trend
reports.
Speaking today at an event commemorating the anniversary of the
founding of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Eslami
noted that Iran produces heavy water with approximately three
hundred different components, which are used in sectors such as
medicine, industry, and microelectronics.
He explained that the price of one kilogram of Iran’s heavy
water is approximately one thousand dollars. Additionally, Iran
exports methanol produced using heavy water to other countries,
with the price of one ton of this methanol reaching $1.2 million.
In comparison, methanol produced in the petrochemical sector costs
between $300-$400 per ton.
The official also emphasized that Iran is active in the
production of radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals.
Iran claims to have made significant achievements in the nuclear
field and plans to accelerate development in other sectors using
nuclear technology, which has an effective impact across all
areas.
Furthermore, Iran officially maintains that its strategy is not
to acquire nuclear weapons, and the country does not support the
production of weapons of mass destruction.
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