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2011-02-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran to remove fuel from Bushehr nuclear plant

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Posted by Fred 2011-02-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 "OK, people, final checklist! Cooling pumps?"
"Pumps at maximum, the board is green!"
"Control rods"
"Control rods at 100% engaged!"
"Turbines?"
"Turbines at low spin on auxiliary power!"
"Water level?"
"Primary and all backup level indicators are green!"
"OK, here we go! Control rods to 90 percent!"
"Rods at ninety."
"Temperature?"
"All indicators showing ambient."
"Hmm. OK,, control rods to 70 percent! Temperature?"
"Still holding at ambient."
"Yuri, what the hell is going...Yuri? Hey, where the hell is Yuri!?"

Posted by PBMcL 2011-02-27 10:36|| 2011-02-27 10:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Seems like the perfect time to quote some classic Trek:

al-Kirk: "More Power, I need more power!"'

al-Scotty: "I'm givin' 'er all she's goot Catain, I don'a think she'll take much more!"

al-Kirk: "Allah willing, she will."

al-Spock: " Captain, this in'st logical, but all we do in the name of the Great One isn't logical. I concur, she will hold together."

al-McCoy: "Dammit Jim, I'm a drunk, not a martyr, shut it down."

Posted by USN,Ret 2011-02-27 13:32|| 2011-02-27 13:32|| Front Page Top

#3 The NYTimes has a substantive article on this.

There are about 160 fuel rods to be removed. Each one requires special handling, storage, etc. after being removed. Then after removal, everything has to be tested, lots of re- calibrations done, etc.

In a few months, the computer screen could ultimately read,

"Game Over".

Posted by Lord Garth 2011-02-27 16:02|| 2011-02-27 16:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Iranian techs couldn't understand the "This end on top" notation on the fuel rods.

Posted by CincinnatusChili 2011-02-27 17:30|| 2011-02-27 17:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Cough/stuxxnet./Cough.

Posted by Lionel Unoluger6791 2011-02-27 19:40|| 2011-02-27 19:40|| Front Page Top

#6 I hereby take back everything bad that I ever posted here about George W Bush when I was upset with him because he wouldn't bomb Iran. It's still unclear if he knew it would turn out this way or if he merely trusted in good fortune. But it does seem the combination of Russians, Iranians and maybe just a little bit of Israeli software mischief have left a useless pile of radioactive junk in the city of Bushehr. It's so much more subtle than bombing and it makes the Iranians look like such a bunch of fools. It's the feel good story of the year.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2011-02-27 22:07|| 2011-02-27 22:07|| Front Page Top

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