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U.S., Israel Concerned about Iran Plutonium Reactor
(AP-Washington Post) George Jahn - While international diplomacy has focused on trying to prevent Iran from using enriched uranium to produce nuclear arms, concern is growing about another rapidly advancing project that could supply plutonium for a nuclear weapon. Tehran hopes to have a plutonium-producing reactor up and running next year. U.S. envoy Joseph Macmanus told a recent meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency that the plutonium reactor at Arak is "of increasing concern." Dore Gold, a former Israeli ambassador to the UN and an informal adviser to Prime Minister Netanyahu, describes uranium enrichment as "the immediate burning issue," but said the plutonium reactor is "not that far behind."