I'm not sure Iran's nuclear capabilities will wait for a new U.S. President and thus, it appears to me that some U.S. decisions on the Iranians might have to come right after the election in November. Here's the latest on how Russia has prepared the Iranian facility for functionality, from the article at Yahoo:
Now, you might be curious as to what that super watch dog organization that is charged with protecting us all from Iranian nukes, the International Atomic Energy Agency of the U.N. had to say about this....here's their response:
Now, the Russians claim that the Iranians have agreed to terms that will return nuclear fuels to Russia that would make the construction of nuclear weapons impossible but in essence, doesn't that come down to the world trusting Iran? And who WOULD trust the Iranians? And after Russia's recent activities in Georgia, who is going to trust Russia to reveal accurately such returns of spent fuel by the Iranians?
The Russian state-run company building Iran's first nuclear plant said Monday that preparations for the reactor's launch had entered their final stage.
Atomstroiexport chief Leonid Reznikov said that by year's end the company will take steps that will make the launch of the Bushehr plant "irreversible."
Company spokeswoman Irina Yesipova said the launch date will be determined after talks between Russian and Iranian nuclear officials this month.
Iranian officials have said that Bushehr would be launched this fall.
Now, you might be curious as to what that super watch dog organization that is charged with protecting us all from Iranian nukes, the International Atomic Energy Agency of the U.N. had to say about this....here's their response:
The International Atomic Energy Agency declined comment.
Now, the Russians claim that the Iranians have agreed to terms that will return nuclear fuels to Russia that would make the construction of nuclear weapons impossible but in essence, doesn't that come down to the world trusting Iran? And who WOULD trust the Iranians? And after Russia's recent activities in Georgia, who is going to trust Russia to reveal accurately such returns of spent fuel by the Iranians?
Russia prepares to launch Iran's nuclear plant
MOSCOW – The Russian state-run company building Iran's first nuclear plant said Monday that preparations for the reactor's launch had entered their final stage.
Atomstroiexport chief Leonid Reznikov said that by year's end the company will take steps that will make the launch of the Bushehr plant "irreversible."
Company spokeswoman Irina Yesipova said the launch date will be determined after talks between Russian and Iranian nuclear officials this month.
Iranian officials have said that Bushehr would be launched this fall.
The International Atomic Energy Agency declined comment.
Nonproliferation expert David Albright, whose Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security tracks countries under nuclear suspicion, suggested that the steps referred to by Russia probably involved the loading of fuel into the reactor.
He said there are no irreversible steps, but taking out after it was loaded would be troublesome because it would require dealing with irradiated fuel and a contaminated reactor core.
Iran is paying Russia more than $1 billion to build the 1,000-megawatt light-water reactor. Construction has been held up by disputes between Tehran and Moscow, publicly described as centering on questions of payment and the schedule for shipping nuclear fuel.
The United States and other Western nations that fear Iran is seeking to acquire nuclear weapons have criticized Russia for building Bushehr.
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