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Iran has completed heavy water factory | ||
2005-03-05 | ||
VIENNA - Iran, at loggerheads with the United States and European Union over its nuclear activities, has completed a heavy water production plant built to supply a nuclear research reactor, which could make plutonium for atom bombs, a think tank said late on Friday. Providing satellite photos to back up its assertion, the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), also quoted Iranian security official Hassan Rowhani saying on February 7: "We may be able to produce heavy water soon, within the next few weeks." According to the ISIS the heavy water would supply a 40-megawatt reactor being built despite objections from the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is investigating Iran on the US charges that Tehran is secretly developing nuclear weapons. "Adjacent to the reactor construction site is the heavy water production plant, which is anticipated to supply the necessary heavy water for the heavy water reactor," ISIS said, explaining three crystal-clear satellite photos taken by the US commercial firms Space Imaging and DigitalGlobe.
AFP had revealed Thursday that Iran was already pouring the foundation for the reactor, citing diplomats working from satellite photos, and this is also clearly visible in the ISIS-supplied images. Albright said there was even progress being made in the images 10 days apart, although the foundation was not yet completed. Work on the reactor could be completed in 2009. The construction work for the reactor began in September, just after the IAEA had asked Iran to refrain from building it as a "confidence-building measure" to show it does not seek to make nuclear weapons, a diplomat who asked not to be named told AFP. IAEA deputy director Pierre Goldschmidt had Tuesday told an IAEA governing board meeting in Vienna that Iran was pressing ahead with work on the Arak reactor but he gave no details.
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Posted by:Steve White |
#9 After reading the article, a little tune started running through my head. (if there's a copyright problem with this post, please remove it with extreme prejudice) They burned down the gambling house - It died with an awful sound Funky & Claude was running in and out, pulling kids out of the ground When it all was over, we had to find another place Swiss time was running out - It seemed that we would lose the race Smoke on the water - A fire in the sky Smoke on the water Words & music by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice |
Posted by: mrp 2005-03-05 8:07:37 PM |
#8 There is a lot of intel we do not know about. And that is good, because it means that we can keep some secrets now. |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-03-05 11:39:53 AM |
#7 Oh Look! A new target! |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-03-05 11:37:52 AM |
#6 The Iranian government has a death wish and is soon going to die. I believe that it's only a matter of the final timing at this point. I hope that we can spare as many innocent Iranians as possible, but the Iranian government and nuclear facilities need to be obliterated in a decisive blow that will make those who do not respect us at least live in constant fear our wrath. |
Posted by: Tom 2005-03-05 10:47:01 AM |
#5 No way is Iran gonna be allowed one of these babies. Will it be Israel again, or the US this time to blow it up? Just wait till they've invested enough resources so it's a drain to build another one.... BOOM! But one problem: reactor or not, it is just a matter of time before Islamofascist nuts get their hands on nukes. It's a race isn't it: can we modernise and moderate them (and uproot the death cult of Islamonazism) before they get the ability to murder millions of our people? Because if we lose the race and they nuke us, we are going to have to respond. And the only response possible then will be millions of theirs for millions of ours and a sea of glass covering Mecca. |
Posted by: anon1 2005-03-05 10:14:01 AM |
#4 Kaliphate KoolAid. haha. |
Posted by: 2b 2005-03-05 9:24:04 AM |
#3 Now they can make Kaliphate KoolAid. |
Posted by: .com 2005-03-05 7:20:53 AM |
#2 Maybe more of a Booming disaster.. |
Posted by: JerseyMike 2005-03-05 7:13:06 AM |
#1 As I gaze into the space time continuum, a Dooming natural disaster Looms. |
Posted by: Icanseeformilesandmiles 2005-03-05 3:47:21 AM |