The other is an agreement on a proposal to take Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium(LEU) and send it to Russia and France for conversion into fuel rods for use in Iran's small research reactor in Tehran, which produces isotopes for cancer treatment.
If enacted in its current form, Section 621 of this year's Energy bill , by contrast, would allow foreign companies to receive U.S. HEU for use in medical isotope production without having to move toward a low-enriched uranium(LEU) target, even if it is technically feasible for them to do so.