http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1504&ncid=1504&e=4&u=/afp/20040328/ts_afp/iran_nuclear_iaea_040328214223TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran has resumed work on a key part of the nuclear fuel cycle, its atomic energy chief announced in an apparent step back from a deal with the UN nuclear watchdog to suspend all uranium enrichment-related activities.
Gholam Reza Aghazadeh told state television that "the experimental phase of the Isfahan processing installation has begun and by the end of this phase, in the next 20 days, experimental production at this facility will start."
"The uranium processing plant in Isfahan will produce all raw materials for the fuel cycle," he added.
The Isfahan installation is described as a Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF), where the refining of yellow cake takes place to produce materials that can be then used to produce enriched uranium.
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