Iran plans to build a new research reactor in the south
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June 20, 2013, 17:31
The reactor will be built 670 kilometers away from Tehran
TEHRAN, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - Iran is planning to build a new research nuclear reactor in the south, the local television reported on Thursday.
The reactor will be built in a place called Zargan, 670 kilometers away from Iran’s capital Tehran, and will produce radio isotopes for medicine and agricultural industry.