Irán no enviará uranio al extranjero, dicen legisladores

Por ALI AKBAR DAREINI,

Posted: 2009-11-07 09:31:37

Filed Under: Mundo

TEHERAN (AP) - Los legisladores iraníes rechazaron el sábado la posibilidad de que Teherán envíe uranio al extranjero para su enriquecimiento a un nivel mayor al producido en Irán, aumentando la presión sobre el gobierno para que rechace el plan respaldado por las Naciones Unidas.

El legislador Alaeddin Boroujerdi dijo que Irán no enviará al extranjero su uranio enriquecido a baja intensidad en una sola partida ni en varias _una posibilidad sugerida por algunos funcionarios_, en ningún caso.

"Nada será entregado de los 1.200 kilogramos (de uranio enriquecido a baja potencia) ... a la otra parte a cambio de combustible enriquecido al 20%, ni en una partida ni en varias. El tema está completamente descartado", insistió el sábado Boroujerdi según la agencia noticiosa semioficial ISNA.

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El plan patrocinado por la ONU requiere el envío de 1.100 kilogramos (2.420 libras) de uranio enriquecido de baja intensidad - el 70% de las existencias iraníes - a Rusia en una sola partida para fines de año, disminuyendo los temores de que el material sea utilizado en la elaboración de ojivas nucleares.

Tras su enriquecimiento en Rusia, Francia transformaría el uranio en cátodos de combustible que serían devueltos a Irán para su uso en un reactor de Teherán que produce isótopos para uso médico. Los cátodos no pueden ser enriquecidos en mayor grado ni transformados en plutonio, cuyo único fin es el bélico.

Con anterioridad, Irán indicó que quizá acordara enviar solamente una "parte" de sus existencias de uranio en varias partidas. Si las negociaciones no permiten a Irán adquirir combustible en el extranjero, el régimen de los ayatolas amenazó con enriquecer su uranio en el país al nivel necesario para su uso en el reactor de investigación.

El reactor de Teherán necesita uranio enriquecido al 20%, superior al 3,5% que produce Irán para una planta nuclear que piensa construir en el sudoeste del país. Enriquecer el uranio a niveles superiores facilitaría su uso en ojivas bélicas.

Estados Unidos y sus aliados seguramente no aceptarán una desviación del plan original, que persigue retrasar la posibilidad de que los iraníes construyan armas nucleares, por lo menos durante un año.

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