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2005-12-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran Offers U.S. Share in Nuclear Plants

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Posted by Fred 2005-12-12 00:45|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Smooth move, you gotta admit.

Posted by Rafael 2005-12-12 01:39|| 2005-12-12 01:39|| Front Page Top

#2 How long till this gets pulled back by the Nutball president? This sounds more like the diplos working than it does the Terrorist-in-Teheran.

Posted by Oldspook 2005-12-12 02:12|| 2005-12-12 02:12|| Front Page Top

#3 You mean there's an ounce of sanity to be found in Tehran?
Sounds like someone had an "oh shit" moment following reports of Israel's (alleged) military planning.

Posted by Rafael 2005-12-12 02:22|| 2005-12-12 02:22|| Front Page Top

#4 I suggest they contact Acme's Targets 'R Us division.

Posted by AzCat 2005-12-12 03:28|| 2005-12-12 03:28|| Front Page Top

#5 I suggest this is merely "bait & switch." None of this precludes clandestine Iranian R&D of nuclear weapons. SSDD.

Posted by Zenster 2005-12-12 13:37|| 2005-12-12 13:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Construction is one thing. How will the plant be fuelled? What happens to the spent fuel?

The plants that India wishes to buy from the USA and Russia would be IAEA safeguarded. The enriched fuel would be imported and the spent fuel shipped back to the country of origin for reprocessing and waste disposal.

Would Iran agree to the same conditions?

Of course, the capability of two countries are not equivalent. India builds its own reactors and has complete fuel cycle technology (from mining of ore to enrichment and fuel fabrication to plutonium reprocessing and waste vitrification). It also has actual weapon technology - building boosted fission and thermonuclear warheads. But India is a declared weapon state while Iran has publically forsaken nuclear weapons as un-islamic. There should therefore be no problem with this.

Posted by john 2005-12-12 14:20|| 2005-12-12 14:20|| Front Page Top

#7 and we all know how badly Iran needs nuclear fuel.

Posted by 2b 2005-12-12 17:22|| 2005-12-12 17:22|| Front Page Top

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