ENVIRONMENTAL contamination could affect the region if Israel goes ahead with reported plans to attack Iran's uranium enrichment facilities or if there is an earthquake, a Bahraini expert warned yesterday.However, Bahrain University physics professor Dr Waheeb Alnaser said things could be much worse if Israel decides to attack the power plant in Bushehr. He said alleged plans by Israel to attack facilities in Natanz, Arak and near Isfahan would result in limited damage to the environment. This is because neither the weapons that would be used nor the uranium located there is highly active.
But Dr Alnaser fears that Israel may go even further by attacking Iran's power plant in Bushehr, describing this as a major disaster for the whole region. "I'm not saying there would be no environmental damage from attacking these uranium enrichment plants, but the danger is 100 times worse if they attack an active nuclear reactor - especially after three or four years of operation when the uranium will be highly active," he said.
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