[Reuters-Washington Post] Iran allowed IAEA nuclear officials to inspect the construction site of the Arak heavy water reactor last week after blocking visits by the UN non-proliferation watchdog for over a year, diplomats said. Western powers fear Iran may configure the reactor to derive plutonium from spent fuel rods as another possible source of bomb-grade fuel, besides its Natanz uranium enrichment plant. Diplomats also said Iran had allowed an upgrade of IAEA monitoring at the Natanz site as requested by the agency, which had been finding it hard to keep track of expanding activity.
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