Iranian president to inaugurate reactor
Iran's president will inaugurate a heavy-water nuclear reactor Saturday, the deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announced on state-run television.
Mohammed Saeedi did not provide more details about the ceremony but called the facility, located in central Iran, "one of the biggest nuclear projects" in the country.
Iran has been building the heavy-water reactor for two years, and it is not scheduled for completion until 2009.
Tehran has said its disputed nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, but one of the byproducts of heavy-water reactors is plutonium, which can be used in building nuclear weapons.
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