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Iran’s first nuclear plant to start in 2010
Published: 25 January, 2010, 16:57
Edited: 27 January, 2010, 09:47
Iranian and Russian officials say Iran’s primary nuclear power plant in the city of Bushehr will be operational by the middle of this year.
Construction began in 1974 but was abandoned five years later. In the 1990s, Russia took over the building of the project, but it has been dogged by delays.
Moscow says the plant is purely for civilian purposes and cannot be used for any weapons program.
At the moment there are still some tests to be finished at the power plant.
Iran has been subjected to three sets of sanctions by the UN Security Council over uranium enrichment. At the moment the UN body is considering a new round of sanctions.
The major stumbling block in the talks between Iran and the West has been uranium enrichment. The international community wants to supervise nuclear fuel processing to make sure it is not used for military purposes. At the end of last year Iran agreed to ship part of its nuclear fuel to Russia and France for processing but then went back on its commitments.
Iran says it wants an alternative to the plan.
According to AP, which quotes unnamed diplomatic sources, in a January 6 meeting with IAEA chief Yukiya Amano, the chief of Iranian delegation to the agency said his country would exchange enriched uranium only on domestic soil and only simultaneously for research reactor fuel.
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In regard to nuclear weapons, Russia is not sitting in a very secure part of the world. Countries all around Russua have Atomic bombs. Does this not concern Russians? A nuclear accident could come from North Korea, China, India, Pakistan, France, England, Israel and possibly a future Iran. Did we miss anyone? It would not make the Russian people any safer if the United States scrapped all of their nuclear weapons. There are nukes all around outside Russia's territory that could be ticking time bombs. Iran is the least of Russia's problems.
Its time to move closer to Iran. After the Polish latest move, the lines have been drawn for us. We cannot keep on walking on a fence, whilst the west is intent on pushing the fence down. China has already stated in clear terms that the west is meddling in Iran's political process. It's time for us to side with China and Iran and commit to a firm direction. It represents the next stage in multipolar development. At present we risk getting suspended between two poles. We need move now to a stable position but at the same time develop friendly continuing relations with the other western pole, even though it continues on its aggressive path towards Russia. We need deliver the missiles to Iran, help it with peaceful nuclear projects and move to further help them secure their country in defense terms. We can have far more value working with Iran than against.
Good could the power be used to pump fresh water around the east from Russian Capsican Sea.