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| Iran unveils 'faster' uranium centrifuges |
| 2010-04-09 |
| Iran's president has unveiled new "third-generation" centrifuges that its nuclear chief says can enrich uranium much faster than current technology. The centrifuges would have separation power "six times that of the first generation", Ali Akbar Salehi said in a speech marking National Nuclear Day. Uranium enrichment is the central concern of Western nations negotiating with Iran over its nuclear programme. The technology can be used to make fuel for power plants and nuclear weapons. The new centrifuges would be more advanced than the P1 model - reportedly acquired on the black market in the 1980s and prone to breakdowns - in use at the Natanz enrichment facility. In October, Mr Salehi announced that a second generation of centrifuges, developed by Iranian scientists and most of whose components were made domestically, would be installed at Iran's previously secret facility near Qom. BBC Tehran correspondent Jon Leyne, who is in London, says nuclear experts point out that the key question is how many of the third-generation centrifuges Iran can produce. There have already been many problems with the existing model, so whether Iran can quickly put the new one into mass production and operation remains to be seen, our correspondent says. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 Here on GUAM, CONTRACTORS are already LEGALLY = LEGITIMATLEY importing MUSLIM WORKERS from SOUTH/SE ASIA FOR THE ANTICIPATED MARINE BUILDUP FROM OKINAWA. Take care and hopefully you won't "tipover and capsize", Joe |
| Posted by: Beavis 2010-04-09 21:52 |
| #5 Lest we fergit, NET > VARIOUS > US ADMIRAL: CHINA'S MILITARY BUILDUP AIMS AT [dev, projecting] [Mil= Milpol-Geopol] POWER PAST ASIA. "CREEPING/GRADUAL ISLAMISM" IN THE PACIFIC > Here on GUAM, CONTRACTORS are already LEGALLY = LEGITIMATLEY importing MUSLIM WORKERS from SOUTH/SE ASIA FOR THE ANTICIPATED MARINE BUILDUP FROM OKINAWA. Undoubtedly, as per History, MILTERRS will try to covertly sneak in amongst the majority legit workers + SET UP FOR FUTURE RADICALIST ACTIVITIES INCLUD BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANTI-DMEOCRATIC/PLURALIST "SHARIA LAW" + POTENS VIOL TERROPS ON GUAM-WESTPAC, AGZ US BASES + ALL NON-MUSLIMS INCLUD LOCALS, OTHER FOREIGN GROUPS ON FUTURE GUAM. And so it begins ..... |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-04-09 21:47 |
| #4 NEWS KERALA > IRAN WILL TAKE MILITARY ACTION IN ITS OWN SELF-DEFENCE | IRAN TO CONSIDER "ALL MILITARY OPTIONS" [agz US-ISRAEL] IFF ATTACKED. The US is doing it agz Iran, so why not Iran agz US tit-for-tat. ARTIC > IOW, COME YEAR 2012 AND BEYOND [Pan-Islamist, Iran Nuclearization], ALL TERROR WILL NOW BE NUKULAAR = NBC-CBRNE "WEAPON-IZED". SUB-IOW, 2012 AND BEYOND > ANY NEW 9-11's OR WORSE TERROR AGZ CONUS WILL BE NUKULAAR, OR IN ALTERN HAVE A HIGH CHANCE/DEGREE OF BEING NUKULAAR. Kindler, Gentler, MOTHERLY OWG NBC-CBRNE CLOUD OER US CITIES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-04-09 21:33 |
| #3 Iran's president has unveiled new "third-generation" centrifuges that its nuclear chief says can enrich uranium much faster than current technology. "Thrill as they reach speeds of three!!!!" /too obscure? Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2010-04-09 19:46 |
| #2 I don't think that's what Michael Ledeen has in mind when he says, "Faster, please." |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2010-04-09 11:57 |
| #1 Better slow down there, Whackjob, or you just might burn your little fingies. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-04-09 11:44 |