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Monday, December 23, 2019

Iran Starts New Operations at Heavy Water Reactor | Voice of America - English

Iran Starts New Operations at Heavy Water Reactor | Voice of America - English: A secondary circuit for Iran's Arak heavy water reactor has become operational as part of its redesign under the 2015 nuclear deal, the country's atomic energy chief said on Monday.

"Today a significant part of the reactor becomes operational," Ali Akbar Salehi told reporters at Arak.

The secondary circuit "transfers the heat generated in the reactor's heart to cooling towers" and is now complete, he added, in remarks aired on state television.

Salehi noted the reactor's primary circuit, which contains the core, was still being built.

"Fifty-two systems have to be built so that the reactor can

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