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Iran finds unexpectedly high uranium reserve
Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive element at a new mine, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation said on Saturday.
The comments cast doubt on previous assessments from some Western analysts who said the country had a low supply and would sooner or later would need to import uranium, the raw material needed for its nuclear program.
Any indication Iran could become more self-sufficient will be closely watched by world powers, which reached a landmark deal with Tehran in July over its program. They had feared the nuclear activities were aimed at acquiring the capability to produce atomic weapons – something denied by Tehran.
“I cannot announce (the level of) Iran’s uranium mine reserves. The important thing is that before aerial prospecting for uranium ores we were not too optimistic, but the new discoveries have made us confident about our reserves,” Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.
Salehi said uranium exploration had covered almost two-thirds of Iran and would be complete in the next four years.
Uranium can be used for civilian power production and scientific purposes, but is also a key ingredient in nuclear weapons.
The July deal between Iran and world powers will lift international sanctions on Iran in exchange for at least a decade of curbs on the country’s nuclear activity.
After decades of efforts, Iran – which has consistently said its program is for peaceful purposes – has achieved a full nuclear fuel cycle, ranging from the extraction of uranium ore to enrichment and production of fuel rods for nuclear reactors.
Sanctions on companies taking part in Iran’s uranium mining industry will be lifted when the agreement is implemented.
Salehi said uranium extraction was set to begin at a new mine in the central province of Yazd, according to IRNA.
Some Western analysts have previously said that Iran was close to exhausting its supply of yellowcake – or raw uranium – and that mining it domestically was not cost-efficient.
A report published in 2013 by U.S. think-tanks Carnegie Endowment and the Federation of American Scientists said the scarcity and low quality of Iran’s uranium resources compelled it “to rely on external sources of natural and processed uranium”.
It added: “Despite the Iranian leadership’s assertions to the contrary, Iran’s estimated uranium endowments are nowhere near sufficient to supply its planned nuclear program.”
Iran has repeatedly denied overseas media reports that it has tried to import uranium from countries like Kazakhstan and Zimbabwe.
28 Comments on "Iran finds unexpectedly high uranium reserve"
Makati1 on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 9:45 am
LOL Lies, lies and more lies, but which side?
Plantagenet on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 9:46 am
How curious that Iran announces a new uranium mine just after they sucker Obama into a deal that supposedly requires Iran to reduce their uranium stockpiles
looks like Iran will actually be mining uranium and building their uranium stocks after all
Boat on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 2:18 pm
Plant,
I think your confusing raw uranium with processed uranium.
Plantagenet on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 5:33 pm
Boat—Are you suggesting that Iran is going to mine this uranium and then NOT process it?
IF so—-then explain yourself. Why do you imagine Iran is going to go to the trouble and expense of mining uranium if not to enrich it?
CHEERS!
Boat on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 5:41 pm
Plant,
To sell it of course. They know only death and destruction will follow if they go nuke.
Plantagenet on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 6:13 pm
@Boat
1. Iran has ALREADY gone nuke. They broke out of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty years ago and have been engaging in massive uranium enrichment for years. The latest CIA estimate says Iran could build a bomb in months—which probably means they have bombs now.
2. If you look at the deal that Obama negotiated with Iran, it specifically states that Iran has permission to sell enriched uranium. The Iranian negotiator Zarif recently revealed that Iran will be allowed to sell “enriched uranium” in the international market place and will be “hopefully making some money” from it.
The mostly likely scenario, then, is that Iran will mine their new source uranium, enrich it, and sell some or all or it.
Boat on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 7:22 pm
Plant,
with the tech of service at US disposal I don’t think Iran has a bomb or will be able to get one without extreme consequences including attacking Iran with overwhelming force. The die has been cast. To protect other countries and keep 50 other nations from getting the nuke themselves the US has to keep this commitment.
Apneaman on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 7:35 pm
Me, I love liberty and freedom and believe everyone should have the right to bear arms.
Plantagenet on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 8:20 pm
@Boat
Your fantasy that Obama will “attack Iran with overwhelming force” is silly.
Obama is a wimp. He isn’t going to attack Iran or Russia or any country that can put up a fight.
And as far as stopping other countries from getting nukes—its too late. Iran was in an agreement called the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) in which it agreed not to develop nuclear weapons. When Obama agreed to allow Iran to leave the NPT and keep their secret nuke program alive he destroyed the non-proliferation agreement forever.
Cheers!
Apneaman on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 8:33 pm
planty, I bet Obama could whip your pussy ass in a fist fight. What’s your experience with real violence? TV cartoon? I bet you would just love to see the troops sent in somewhere so you can get that momentary vicarious power rush. Sign up or shut up. Attack Russia? You been listening to the neocon’s and their fantasy of winning a first strike. You are a fucking clown.
Boat on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 9:19 pm
Plant,
Iran spends less on their military than Greece does. Think the US is frightened?
apneaman on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 9:49 pm
World War III – Who Will Be Blamed?
“If you want to start a to war, the unwashed masses must be convinced to send their brothers, sons and fathers to die on the front lines. The specter of an external enemy must be etched into their collective mind through trauma, exaggeration and repetition. History must be whitewashed, twisted and cherry picked down to a politicized nursery rhyme. At no point should the real motives or consequences of such an endeavor be discussed. ”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=69&v=hvcq3OpX8qQ
Plantagenet on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 9:58 pm
@Apeman
Your fantasies about “sending the troops in somewhere” are silly. It isn’t going to happen.
Why not face facts—You can hyperventilate all you want, but Obama isn’t going to attack Syria or Russia or Iran or any country that can defend itself.
Cheers!
bug on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 9:59 pm
Or Ape, do what Goring said during the Nuremberg Trial, some thing to this:
“Of course no farmer, worker or anyone wants war, but it is easy to lead the masses, just tell them that they are being attacked by enemies and it is the patriotic thing to do, and any who is against it call them a pacifist and not patriotic “
apneaman on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 10:17 pm
Planty, It’s not my fantasy you fuck tard. If you tried to put words in my mouth like you do always do online in the real world I would introduce you to a curb you lying sack of shit. Passive aggressive lying game player. Do you do that with your own people planty? I’m sick of your games asshole.
apneaman on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 10:22 pm
Planty take all the shots in the world at me. Call me every name in the book. I don’t care. Just fucking stop it with the lame assed attempts of changing the wording and intent of my comments. Stop it with everyone for that matter. It’s not clever it’s not smart and it’s not funny. It’s low.
apneaman on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 10:36 pm
bug, that’s exactly the same strategy (Successful) behind the term anti-American. Instantly shut down any malcontents in a country that was founded on malcontention of bad governance.
“Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.” -W
MrNoItAll on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 10:47 pm
“Obama isn’t going to attack Syria or Russia or Iran or any country that can defend itself”
As if Obama has the authority or the ability to “attack” any country without majority consensus and backing (or direct orders) from TPTB. Give me a break.
Plantagenet on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 11:08 pm
@apeman
You certainly have an active fantasy life. Your fantasies about about fighting obama are the silliest thing yet.
Cheers!
Plantagenet on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 11:12 pm
@MrNo
Obama has so far ordered the US armed forces to launch attacks against Libya, Syria and Iraq. He has also directed the CIA to use drone attacks against Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan, etc.
Your fantasy that Obama is holding secret meetings with TPTB to receive his orders is silly. Obama is the president and the commander in chief—he is the one giving the orders to the US armed forces
Cheers!
apneaman on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 11:28 pm
I have another fantasy plant, but I would probably get arrested if I spelled it out.
Truth Has A Liveral Bias on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 11:29 pm
Plant, you got nothing better to do in India from 2am until 8am than to troll peak oil.com?
The comments on this pathetic site are fed the shallow end of the pool. Like the shabby end of Cypres. You guys are all fucking morons.
apneaman on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 11:33 pm
HISTORIC NEWS: Finally, EU Breaks Away from U.S.
“On Saturday, September 12th, United Kingdom’s Labour Party elected as its leader and their candidate to lead the UK, Jeremy Corbyn, who has been the most vocal British critic of the UK’s serving as the lap-dog of an aggressive imperialistic United States of America.
Simultaneously, the leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s own Christian Social Union Party, Horst Seehofer, a man who, prior to his being appointed to be the Party-chief had been Chancellor Merkel’s Agriculture Minister, has now turned against Chancellor Merkel (who until now was the most powerful leader in all of Europe) and denounced her policy on the refugee crisis, and has now stated publicly that Germany should instead ally with Russia and against NATO on the entire Syrian war.
This public statement, which is really a sea-change in history, was reported Friday night, 11 September, in Germany’s leading magazine, The Mirror, Der Spiegel, and it represents the breaking-point in Germany’s foreign policy, finally yielding now to the rapidly rising anti-Americanism within Germany that results from America’s prioritizing America’s war against Russia as being a more important goal than the global war against Islamic jihad, which is clearly the most pressing threat to national security not only within Germany, and not only within all Western countries, but even within Pakistan and many other countries that have majority-Islamic populations, as well as in India, China, and other nations around the world.”
“America’s deepest control extended especially into two nations: UK, and Germany. However, the decision that George Herbert Walker Bush made in 1990, and that has been adhered to by his successors, to continue the former Cold War until Russia itself is defeated and becomes added to the America Empire, is now being increasingly abandoned by America’s formerly obedient vassal-nations. The American Empire has reached its zenith, and is now breaking apart.”
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/09/historic-news-finally-eu-breaks-away-from-u-s.html?utm_content=bufferc597a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
apneaman on Sat, 12th Sep 2015 11:37 pm
9/11 and the Belligerent Empire
“In September 11th’s episode of The Empire Files on TeleSUR, Abby Martin examines the two major wars launched under the “Global War on Terror”–their historical development and their aftermath. Featuring former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, this episode digs into the tragedy of a region shaped by Empire.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoNz7hC-l7s
MMmmmmm Abby Martin. Man do I ever get excited when that girl goes on an anti imperial rant.
GregT on Sun, 13th Sep 2015 12:11 am
“The comments on this pathetic site are fed the shallow end of the pool. Like the shabby end of Cypres.”
Says the guy who routinely posts on this pathetic site. Move on bias, plenty of other places that an intellect like you might actually be appreciated.
You’re wasting your time here on PO.com. Us shallow and dumb people, think that you’re a complete idiot.
onlooker on Sun, 13th Sep 2015 3:26 am
@Plant. Just shows what an ignoramus Plant is to state that Obama is the undisputed leader duh, politicians are whores selling out their votes and decisions to the highest bidder. Puppets so the real decisions makers can work in the background. Oh and Bias, do us all a favor and go to a less pathetic site. lol
Makati1 on Sun, 13th Sep 2015 6:16 am
It took the US plot on 9/11 to get the sheeple to allow Bush to invade Iraq, a country that had nothing to do with the Twin Towers or Building 7.
I wonder what WW3 will take. A nuke in Chicago? LA? St.Louis? Miami? I’m afraid we may just see before too long. A dying empire usually ends it’s life in war.
Makati1 on Sun, 13th Sep 2015 6:22 am
In case you missed it:
If You Don’t Think Americans Have Lost Our Freedoms, READ THIS:
“This post explains the liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights – the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution – and provides a scorecard on the extent of the loss of each right.”
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/09/americans-have-lost-our-rights.html
The US. a dictator ruled 3rd world banana republic in the making.