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Iran loads domesticly produced fuel rods into reactor.
2012-02-15
Posted by:Water Modem

#6  IMO Iran is prob being smart - by the time it formally declares to the World Community it has enough of a reliable, "Civilian-only" NucEnergy Prog in place IT WILL ALSO COVERTLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO QUICKLY MASS PRODUCE INDIGENOUS NUCBOMBS.

Lest we fergit, IIRC it was MOUD? = Iran whom said that Iran would like to emulate the CivEnerNucProg of JAPAN + EGYPT [ + other Countries].

Wehell, what is "JAPAN"?

"JAPAN" = lots of CIVILIAN NUC ENERGY PLANTS in operat all over the Country while also possessing the PARALLEL national contingency ability/proficiency to quickly produce ADVANCED NucBombs + LRBM Sys, etc. in short lead time iff the Armies of the the USSR + Red China ever come charging over the hill.

Ditto "EGYPT", although an Egyptian NucBomb is perceived by Perts as most likely being less sophisticated that a Nippon NucBomb would be.

THE ABOVE = RADICAL ISLAMIST MILTERRS/
NGOS/TANGOS W-I-L-L HAVE NUKE BOMBS = US HAS LOST THE GWOT IRREGARDLESS OF ITS TACTICAL SUCCESSES IN AFPAK OR ELSEWHERE.


* TOPIX > WHAT IFF IRAN GETS THE BOMB?

* SAME > [WSJ] OPINION: IFF IRAN GETS THE BOMB?

* SAME > BOMB, BOMB, BOMB IRAN!

* NEWSMAX > [Deputy PM Silvan Shalom]ISRAELI MINISTER: IRAN NEARING "POINT OF NO RETURN", on its ability to dev NucWeaps.

* DAILY TIMES.PK > TALIBAN SAY US TO REPEAT SOVIET DEFEAT IN AFGHANISTAN.

Maha-Rushian Histoire' as Prologue???

* TOPIX > [post 03/11 = Tohoku/Fukushima]JAPAN ATOMIC POWER DEFENDERS: KEEP ABILITY TO BUILD NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

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Also from TOPIX > WORLD LEADERS TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM AS IRAN ANNOUNCES NEW STRIDES.

Eyes wide open.

* SAME > REPORT: SAUDIS TO BUY NUKES IFF IRAN TESTS A-BOMB.

* SAME > ISRAELI AIDE: US WILL LOSE STANDING IFF IRAN GETS NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-02-15 23:35  

#5  we don't know what reactor the rods were loaded into

it surely wasn't the Bushehr reactor because bad fuel rods in that one (a 1000 MW) would stop the production of electricity

so, if they placed the fuel rods in a reactor, was it a pint sized experimental reactor or a Potempkin reactor or a reactor that we don't know about
Posted by: lord garth   2012-02-15 21:33  

#4  Maybe the scrubbed all their equipment with Arm & Hammer, and applied insh'Allah techniques to rinsing... a little bit of borax can go a long way to messing up one's nukes.
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-02-15 19:11  

#3  Nutjob himself is planning to watch this being done.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2012-02-15 15:13  

#2  Does it make me a bad person to wish for them to catch fire and meltdown?
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-02-15 15:09  

#1  Is this the big announcement planned for today?
Posted by: AlanC   2012-02-15 13:42  

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