Editing Heavy water (section)

===Iran===
Since 1996 [[IR-40|a plant]] for production of heavy water was being constructed at Khondab near [[Arak, Iran|Arak]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arak - Heavy Water Production Plant |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/arak-hwpp.htm |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Global Security}}</ref> On 26 August 2006, Iranian President [[Ahmadinejad]] inaugurated the expansion of the country's heavy-water plant. Iran has indicated that the heavy-water production facility will operate in tandem with a 40 MW research reactor that had a scheduled completion date in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/26/uiran.xml |title=Iran's president launches a new nuclear project |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=27 August 2006 |access-date=10 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713013652/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2006%2F08%2F26%2Fuiran.xml |archive-date=13 July 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Iran produced [[deuterated solvents]] in early 2011 for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://isna.ir/fa/news/92071711508/%D8%A2%D8%A8-%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AC%D9%88%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8 |title=آب سنگین اراک، بهانه‌جویی جدید غرب – ایسنا |website=Isna.ir |date= 9 October 2013|access-date=11 January 2017}}</ref> The core of the IR-40 is supposed to be re-designed based on the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action|nuclear agreement]] in July 2015.

Under the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]], Iran is permitted to store only {{convert|130|t|ST|lk=on}} of heavy water.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iran says it has transferred 11 tons of heavy water to Oman |url=https://www.apnews.com/daa46987ba2d4da98edfcab735aed304 |website=[[AP News]] |access-date=21 October 2018 |language=En |date=22 November 2016}}</ref> Iran exports excess production, making Iran the world's third largest exporter of heavy water.<ref>{{cite news |title=World Digest: March 8, 2016 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/world-digest-march-8-2016/2016/03/08/e4fcbee4-e53f-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=21 October 2018 |language=En |date=8 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=OEC – Heavy water (deuterium oxide) (HS92_ 284510) Product Trade, Exporters and Importers |url=https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/hs92/284510/ |website=[[The Observatory of Economic Complexity]] |access-date=21 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021095310/https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/hs92/284510/ |archive-date=21 October 2018 |url-status=live |language=En}}</ref> In 2023, Iran sells heavy water; customers have proposed a price over 1,000 dollars per liter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.farsnews.ir/en/news/14020322000167/AEOI-Spkesman-Freign-Csmers-f-Iran%27s-Heavy-Waer-Sanding-in-Line|title=AEOI Spokesman: Foreign Customers of Iran's Heavy Water Standing in Line &#124; Farsnews Agency|website=www.farsnews.ir}}</ref>