TEHRAN: Iran confirmed on Monday that it had received the first fuel shipment for its nuclear power plant at Bushehr, but also indicated for the first time that it was building a second nuclear power plant.
The revelation came in comments by Iran's Atomic Organization, Gholamreza Aghazadeh, made to state-run television and reported by the semi-official Fars news agency. He was dismissing speculation that the arrival of the fuel would allow Iran to halt its uranium enrichment program, in Natanz.
"We are building a 360-megawatt indigenous power plant in Darkhovein," he said, referring to a southern city north of Bushehr.
"The fuel for this plant needs to be produced by Natanz enrichment plant," he added, Fars said.
Bushehr and Darkhovein were both projects planned before the 1979 Revolution. It was not clear how much construction had been done at Darkhovein. The location is also sometimes spelled Darkhovin, or referred to by other nearby place names, including Ahvaz, Esteghlal and Karun.
Iran needs the fuel from the uranium they are currently refining my ass. Russia made its last deal with Iran so fast it almost tripped over itself doing so.
ReplyDeleteRussia has more fuel than it knows what to do with and, with the price of oil the way it is, Iran has more money then it knows what to do with.
Simple deduction tells us Iran's building THE BOMB.
Sadly, we are moving toward a full-on Nuclear Middle East.
ReplyDeleteIn 2006, it was reported that Saudi Arabia was building a program with the help of Pakistan and Egypt was looking to re-start their progarm after a 20 year freeze.