Europe nuke deal offers Iran reactor aid: officials

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http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2004/October/middleeast_October544.xml§ion=middleeast

WASHINGTON - European powers will offer this week to support Iranian construction of a light-water nuclear reactor, as part of a deal to persuade the Islamic republic to stop enriching uranium, US and European officials said on Tuesday.


Driven by US concerns that Iran is developing a secret nuclear arms program, the UN nuclear watchdog has demanded Teheran freeze its enrichment activities - procedures that could produce fuel for atomic weapons.

Britain, Germany and France will present a package of ”carrots and sticks” on Thursday giving Iran a final chance to meet the demands or face possible sanctions.

The Europeans outlined their proposal for ending Iran’s uranium enrichment activities at a closed-door meeting of the Group of Eight major powers hosted by Washington last Friday, but the key incentive of support for a light-water reactor did not emerge until Tuesday.

more...I think the N. Koreans are still waiting for the light water reactors that were promised to them almost 2 decades ago.

[teryang]

1. Right, it's the Agreed Framework scam, all over again

Dismantle your nuclear infrastructure and we will fail to deliver another.