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EU to Offer Iran Alternate Nuclear Fuel Supply
France, Germany and the United Kingdom are likely to offer Iran assistance in acquiring nuclear fuel, thereby reducing its dependency on fuel imports from Russia, the Financial Times reported yesterday (see GSN, July 14). European countries themselves could be part of that supply network, the Times reported. For its part, however, Tehran has maintained that it wants to keep at least a small-scale uranium enrichment program. “We would be able to change our position towards their nucðlear civil program. It would be in our interests to make that safe and economically viable,” said one European diplomat. However, no such deal has yet been offered, said the diplomat. A detailed offer from the EU, originally promised by the end of July, is now unlikely to come before Iranian president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad forms his new government in August, since speculation has begun that he could make changes in Iran’s nuclear negotiating team, according to the Times Russian nuclear energy agency head Alexander Rumyantsev, meanwhile, said yesterday that Moscow was “comfortable” with the idea of other parties supplying nuclear technology and fuel to Iran. Russia is assisting Iran with construction of a nuclear power reactor in Bushehr. “The Iranian market is so big in terms of demand,” said Rumyantsev. “That means France should also take part, the UK, Korea, Japan — all those who know how to build nuclear power stations” (Financial Times, July 14).
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