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| 'Bushehr plant earthquake-proof' |
| 2011-04-07 |
| [Iran Press TV] The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the Bushehr nuclear power plant is quakeproof and the Fukushima-like crisis will not occur there. AEOI Deputy Director Nasser Rastkhah explained that the safety systems used in the Fukushima site belonged to the 1960s and the 1970s and added that the safety systems used in Bushehr meet the latest international standards. The Iranian official dismissed foreign media reports about potential vulnerability of the Bushehr plant to natural disasters such as earthquakes. "The Russians have taken the existence of tectonic plates into consideration in designing the Bushehr nuclear plant, "IRNA quoted Rastkhah as saying on Wednesday. On March 11, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake, off the northeast coast of Japan's main island, unleashed a 23-foot (7-meter) tsunami and was followed by more than 50 aftershocks. The earthquake set off a nuclear crisis by knocking out power to the cooling systems at the Fukushima plant. Since then, most of the plant's six reactor units have been damaged by fires, kabooms or partial meltdowns. The destruction has also been followed by a radiation leak, raising fears of a nuclear fallout. "What happened in Fukushima is bad, it is a crisis and the current situation is not good but there has been no nuclear catastrophe," Rastkhah concluded. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 FOX NEWS AM > an Iranian opposition group this AM is claiming that Iran had covertly built a new sub-facility for the production + testing of advanced centrifuges, + is which a boon for any Iran efforts to de facto dev NUCWEAPONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. All while the US-World was pre-occupied wid the events in Libyuh + rest of the ME. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-04-07 22:22 |
| #7 "Oh, Jenkins..." |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-04-07 15:17 |
| #6 "Q*r*nic thought process" There's a Who knew? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-07 14:23 |
| #5 but not 'Jinns', Al. Viruses were unknown in the 7th century so are not applicable to the Q*r*nic thought process. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2011-04-07 13:11 |
| #4 "Bushehr plant is earthquake proof" but not virus proof. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2011-04-07 11:48 |
| #3 "The Russians have taken the existence of tectonic plates into consideration" Heh! Perhaps with a small (but powerful) remotely detonateable device snuggled somewhere in the 'tectons'. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2011-04-07 09:31 |
| #2 Start with 1970's German plumbing, 1990's Russian engineering and 2000's inshallah Iranian construction (see Bam). Mix with equal amounts of Afro-Asian plate tectonics and wrath of God. Watch (from far away) as hilarity and isotopes ensue. |
| Posted by: Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-04-07 00:29 |
| #1 They found out we made the Fukushima earthquake and that was just a test that went a little wrong. We've adjusted, and are ready to generate a Magnitude 10, anywhere in the world - and we don't even need an existing fault zone. We'll take you up on that dare, Iran. |
| Posted by: Hilliburton Earthquake Division 2011-04-07 00:14 |