Iran to pre-commission Bushehr nuclear power plant
Iran plans to carry out computer tests on its Bushehr nuclear power plant this week in preparation for its launch.
The head of Russia’s state nuclear company, Sergei Kiriyenko, will attend “pre-commissioning” of Iran’s first such power plant, located on the Gulf coast in south-western Iran…
Mohammad Saeedi described the tests as a “preliminary phase” for starting the plant and told Reuters this would be followed by its commissioning and launch. He did not give a timetable…
The launch of the Bushehr plant’s nuclear reactor has been delayed frequently. Russia last year completed delivery of nuclear fuel to the station under a contract estimated to be worth about $1 billion.
They say Russia has used Bushehr as a lever in relations with Tehran, which is suspected by the United States and some European countries of seeking to build nuclear weapons.
“Suspected” is a pot-and-kettle word when it comes to Western “diplomacy” in the Middle East. I’ve “suspected” my government in Washington DC of supporting Israel over any common sense, actively engaging in criminal wars on behalf of corporate thugs – for fifty years – and I’ve been right just about every time.
Iran, the world’s fourth-largest crude producer, rejects such allegations and says its nuclear program is aimed at generating electricity so that it can export more oil and gas…
Moscow says Iran will return all spent fuel rods to Russia.
There’s no reason for anyone to trust religious nutballs in charge of any nation. The result of neocon politics has been to drive more of a wedge between Iran and the West. And there has never been anything from the United States that ever approached an apology for overthrowing Iran’s first democratically-elected government.
At face value, Iran asks for nothing more than the right to make the same decisions France and the UK and US have done without negative reflection. While the latter continue to support Israel’s clandestine nuclear armaments. Hypocrites all.
