That requires a nuclear reactor plant of a specific type, or the new centrifuge technology.
The company, which plans to use centrifuge technology at Eagle Rock, says it will start construction in late 2013 or 2014 instead of spring, 2012.
In 1990, it was reported that the highly sensitive centrifuge technology was being exported to North Korea in exchange for missile technologies.
The progress that Iran has made in centrifuge technology, as documented by the inspectors, reinforces concerns that Iran is moving forward in this major area.
Some Europeans and Russia use centrifuge technology to separate the U-235 from U-238, which is not good for making weapons.
The Khan laboratory includes a uranium enrichment plant that uses centrifuge technology similar to what North Korea is believed to be developing.
Intelligence experts believe that Dr. Khan traded his centrifuge technology to the Chinese for their bomb design.
Adding a bitter paradox is that the centrifuge technology was first developed by scientists working for the Third Reich's atomic bomb project.
The Louisiana Energy plant would duplicate centrifuge technology in use in Europe.
The plant lead the development of Russian centrifuge technology, has used seventh-generation gas centrifuges since 1996 and has developed eighth-generation centrifuges.