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Yellowcake galore: Iran claims 1,400 uranium mines
 NICOSIA Iran has reported it has 1,400 uranium mines in the country, only a few of which have been tapped.Well, if they're untapped, then they're, like, ore deposits, not really mines, where people, y'know, mine stuff. The Iranian Atomic Energy Organization said 1,400 mines were available for the extraction of uranium. The organization said the mines were located in central Iran and would be used to produce yellowcake for the nation's uranium enrichment program. Iranian Atomic Energy Organization? The IAEO? Lol. Hokay. The mines are scattered in one-third of Iranian territory particularly in the central areas of Saghand, south of Bandar Abbas, Khashouri, Narigan and Zarigan," IAEO (U, and sometimes Y) deputy director Hossein Faqihian said. South of Bandar Abbas? Uh, that's be the Strait of Hormuz. You mean southEAST, moron, lol. In a Dec. 18 nuclear technology conference in Mashhad, Faqihian said Iran has been developing only a few of the available mines. He said the uranium would be converted into yellowcake for eventual production of fuel for nuclear reactors. Yellowcake is milled uranium oxide, the first step toward enriched uranium. In the second step, the yellowcake is converted into uranium hexafluoride. "We need power plants and mastery of the nuclear fuel cycle as indispensable requirements for producing nuclear fuel," Faqihian said. "But the initial step is to have a sufficient supply of uranium to produce yellowcake. The intial process is being carried out in Bandar Abbas [in southern Hormuzgan province] and in Ardekan [in central Yazd]." Yes, we have the coordinates. Faqihian said the conversion of yellowcake was taking place at the uranium conversion facility in Isfahan. He said Iran was one of 10 countries in the world capable of enriching uranium. Heh. "one of 10", eh? Methinks he (true of everyone in the MM nightmare) has Short Dick Syndrome. Nukes B Muzzy Viagra. Posted by: .com 2006-12-21 |
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