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| Iran tells UN wants new atomic fuel first |
| 2009-10-31 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it wants fresh nuclear fuel for a reactor in Tehran before it would agree to ship most of its enriched uranium stocks to Russia and France, diplomats said on Friday. I feel kinda guilty for not paying closer attention to Iran's nuke program, but that's because events are so repetitious they become boring. Western diplomats said on condition of anonymity that major Western powers found the Iranian demand for immediate access to fresh atomic fuel unacceptable. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Thursday it has received an "initial response" from Iran to the deal, but IRNA said it was not Tehran's "answer" to the plan brokered by the agency. Amid growing French impatience and U.S. calls for clarification, IRNA indicated Tehran's message to the IAEA was "not an answer to the draft agreement," adding Iran would state its full position after more negotiations. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Let us just admit to ourselves that Iran's plan is to create nuclear weapons and be a dominate regional power with expansionist aims. They are not going to honor any treaty that will impede their goals. The world can confront Iran now and do something about it at a great cost, or wait and hope they implode. Or face them later and pay a cost in human life and treasure that we cannot even fathom. |
| Posted by: darrylq 2009-10-31 11:34 |
| #2 ION WMF > CHINESE EXPERTS: RUSSIA CANNOT PRODUCE ANY TYPE OF NUCLEAR-POWERED SPACECRAFT. Its all "just paper" as RUSS lacks the economic strength, according to the CHIN ACADEMY OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY. ARTIC > Perhaps should be read, NO RUSSIAN NUKULAAR SPACERAFT TO AMRS WIDOUT CHIN HELP [sub-read, CHIN REVERSE-ENGINEERING = SPACE TECHS TRANSFERS]. ** SAME > RUSSIAN GENERAL: DESPITE REFORMS NEW EQUIPMENT IS REACHING ONLY 10% OF RUSSIA"S ARMED FORCES [Rate NOT likely to improve anytime soon]??? Also, PHILIPPINES, CHINA PROMISE NEW BILATERAL COOPERATION IN PROTECTING STABILITY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEAS Read, Chin to protect the Philippines??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-10-31 01:51 |
| #1 Seems to me that they want to know they will be receiving fuel that is uncontaminated and can be further refined to weapons grade before they give up their own. Is it true that they can use their contaminated fuel for medical and power-generation purposes? Then I would say no, unless the "contamination" thing is a hoax just to get the west off their backs as they go about furthering their nuclear program. If all this is true, then it seems we would need to inspect much more of their Uranium before we can go any further with this process. And what is with all this "research grade" Uranium? Seems to me it is probably just how far they had managed to get in the bomb-making process before they figured out they had a problem, so they dubbed it "research" material rather than pre-"weapons grade" material. I'd say get them to fess-up and cough-up or make sure they get fuc&ed-up. |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-10-31 01:14 |