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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran gets nuclear fuel from Russia for Bushehr
2011-05-12
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has received a new shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia for its first nuclear power plant, the official IRNA news agency reported Wednesday, a key step following the plant’s recent startup. Hamid Khadem Qaemi, spokesman for Iran’s nuclear agency, said Russia delivered a total of 33 tons (30 metric tons) by plane over the last week for Bushehr. The amount is meant for the plant’s second year of operation, IRNA quoted Qaemi as saying.
Assuming they can clear the Stuxnet II virus...
Iran last year said that the much-delayed operation of the plant was to begin last December. Russia had already delivered 90 tons (82 metric tons) in eight shipments in 2007 and 2008, sufficient for a one-year consumption in BushehrÂ’s 1,000 megawatt light-water reactor.

But in February, Russia ordered that fuel be removed because of concerns that metal particles might be contaminating fuel assemblies; reloading began in April.

On Tuesday, Atomstroyexport, the Russian state company that built Bushehr, said the first reactor at the plant had gone into operation after a self-sustained fission reaction began Sunday.
Posted by:Steve White

#6  They still trust the Russians? LOL.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2011-05-12 11:29  

#5  So whatever happened to all the indigenously refined uranium? Do they still have it? Did they trade it to Russia to get all this fuel from them? Why do they need 123 tons of fuel all in one shot? seems to me that's more than enough to make lots of bombs with if they just decide to shut down the plant and not return it.
Posted by: gorb   2011-05-12 11:18  

#4  Probably the best thing that can happen is for them to celebrate the loading and startup, them have something go horribly wrong.
Posted by: Skidmark   2011-05-12 11:16  

#3  probably a month or two from normal operation and three months from the first emergency reactor slowdown
Posted by: Lord Garth   2011-05-12 09:43  

#2  Birth pains of the future Caliphate.

"2012" never stops.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-05-12 00:53  

#1  Iran is oper Busheshr at "low/minimum" power or conduct of operations, which in turn tells me that it may be waiting to see how the "Jasmine" uprisings in the ME + North Africa will turn out - WID RADICAL ISLAM IN POSITION TO TAKEOVER OR DOMINATE THE GOVTS OF A HOST OF "MODERATE" MUSLIM STATES, + BY EXTENS ANY PERTINENT CIVILIAN NUCPROGS, IRAN COULD USE THESE AS JUSTIFICATION FOR ITS NUCPROGS OPER AT HIGHER CAPACITIES THAN CURRENT.

Once the MilTerr Groups go nuclear, Shia Iran can then claim it M-U-S-T procure or dev its own potent NucWeapons in response to POSSIBLE SUNNI NUCLEAR TERRORISM AGZ IT + SHIA ISLAM???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-05-12 00:47  

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