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| Iran allows IAEA to supervise new uranium plant |
| 2009-09-27 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Iran's nuclear chief said on Saturday that Tehran will put its newly disclosed uranium enrichment plant under the supervision of the United Nations atomic watchdog as Israel said Tehran was seeking nuclear weapons and demanded an "unequivocal" Western response. "This site will be under the supervision of the IAEA and will have a maximum of five percent (uranium) enrichment capacity," Ali Akbar Salehi said on state television, adding the plant is "not an industrial scale" unit. He said the plant is being set up as a "precautionary measure in case of an unwanted incident against our nuclear program." Salehi said Iran's nuclear installations are facing "threats every day" and so Tehran "had to take measures to disperse its installations." Earlier on Saturday Salehi said Tehran will fix a date for IAEA inspectors to visit the new plant, located south of the capital. "As the president said, we have no problem for inspection within the framework of the agency regulations," Salehi said, in an earlier appearance on state television. Salehi said the new plant is located on the road between Tehran and the holy city of Qom. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Maybe the Chechens could use some nuclear technology. You know, to supply all their electrical needs. |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-09-27 16:34 |
| #2 Barring a daring, direct and highly risky action by Israel, eighteen months from now the discussion will have moved on to containment strategies for living with a nuclear-armed Iran. The toothless arguments now being bandied about as to how best to proceed to stop a state with a dangerous ideology from achieving its nuclear ambitions will carry on, howver; they will apply to Venezuela, which will head down the exact same road with the help of technical assistance supplied by Russia and Iran! |
| Posted by: Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2009-09-27 04:20 |
| #1 If I remember right, the first few percent is the hardest part of the job, and the rest is easy. That was too easy. They probably have more facilities elsewhere. Earlier on Saturday Salehi said Tehran will fix a date for IAEA inspectors to visit the new plant, located south of the capital. How 'bout today? |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-09-27 01:56 |