Iran's move to produce uranium up to 60 percent purity

(MENAFN)Iran's heads toward enriching uranium up to 60 percent purity that is in line with the parliamentary ratification, stated head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), adding that this level of enrichment is required for producing radiopharmaceuticals. �We do not want to use 60 percent enriched uranium as fuel for the Tehran reactor. We want to produce U3O8 (uranium oxide, or yellowcake) targets, which needs uranium with 60 percent purity. Thus, we produce targets, using 60 percent uranium,� ISNA quoted Ali Akbar Salehi as saying. He also showed procedure of producing several types of radiopharmaceuticals that is the main purpose of enriching uranium to up to 60 percent, declaring that, �These targets will be placed in the Tehran reactor. After being exposed to atomic radiation for some time, a substance called molybdenum is produced, which we must separate to remove the molybdenum. This molybdenum is the raw material for the manufacture and production of many radiopharmaceuticals.�