Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – January 2, 1996

We went to the Atomic Energy Organization. Dr. Rouhani also came. We opened the Tokamak project. They bought it from Russia for seven hundred thousand dollars and they claim that it immediately had a customer of five million dollars. For research, it is the direction of fusion energy, which is created through nuclear fusion at a very high temperature; The opposite point is the energy that was created from nuclear fission. If it ever comes to fruition, we will have an endless source of energy that has not yet been found by any country in sixty years of research. Mr. Amrollahi explained and said that Russia was the leader, but now Japan is ahead and European countries have a common plan.

We visited the hall of new energies - biogas and wind energy, solar energy and wind water pump - with Mr. Ahmadi's explanations. Then the managers of heavy water production plan with our own design and implementation explained that it is a very important work. The description of Bushehr power plant construction plan was also given by Russia.

I gave an encouraging speech to the managers, and we also visited the plans for manufacturing lasers and manufacturing nuclear welding tools, as well as testing the laying of oil pipes and the important work of Dr. [Mohammed] Qanadi, [CEO of the Nuclear Fuel Raw Materials Company] and the new chemical enrichment laboratory, which is pristine and cheap. After prayer and lunch, we returned to the office.

In the evening, the Supreme Administrative Council had a meeting with two resolutions. In the evening, Mr. Velayati, [Minister of Foreign Affairs], received permission for Mr. [Mohammed Ali] Hadi, our ambassador in Riyadh, to congratulate Mr. Amir Abdullah in his meeting; I said to express my regret for Fahad's boredom.