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Iran Evacuates Area Surrounding Nuke Plant
ranian officials have instructed residents of Isfahan to leave the city, renewing concerns that a nearby nuclear site could be leaking radioactive material.
An edict issued Wednesday by Iranian authorities orders Isfahan’s one-and-a-half million people to leave the city “because pollution has now reached emergency levels,” the BBC reported.
However, outside observers suspect that the evacuation order may corroborate previous reports indicating that a uranium enrichment facility near Isfahan had been leaking radioactive material.
Tehran went to great lengths in December to deny these reports, telling state-run media outlets that “the rumors about leaking and contamination at Isfahan’s [Uranium Conversion Facility] are not true at all.”
November reports indicated that a radioactive leak might have poisoned several workers at the nuclear plant, which converts highly toxic yellowcake uranium into material that could be used in the core of a nuclear weapon.
The head of Iran’s emergency services agency said at the time that residents have no reason to worry about possible contamination resulting from a possible leak.
Stories about the potential leak soon disappeared from state-run news websites, Trend reported in late November.
Iranian officials denied that a leak has occurred and blamed Western media outlets for creating “tumult” in the region.
Wednesday’s evacuation order is now fueling concerns that Iranian officials are trying to hide something, including further fallout from a possible radioactive leak.
“Pollution in Isfahan is a problem but in the past, Iranian authorities respond by closing schools and the government to keep people at home and let the pollution dissipate, not by evacuating people,” said Michael Rubin, a former Pentagon adviser on Iran and Iraq who has written about Isfahan’s battle against pollution.
“Mass evacuations suggest a far more serious problem,” Rubin explained. “There are two possibilities here: There is a radiation leak and the regime is lying or there is really bad pollution and no one believes the regime’s explanations.”
Rubin also pointed out that Iranian officials have a history of lying to both Western officials and their own citizens.
It remains unclear whether the technology has been properly inspected for safety because Iran has denied Western officials access to many of its nuclear sites.
The nuclear site at Isfahan has been targeted for attack in the past.
An unexplained explosion at the plant in 2011 is reported to have damaged the facility.
The nuclear plant also sits on an active fault line. The city of Isfahan has been destroyed at least six times from past earthquakes, a point of concern among regional experts.
“Given that Iran is on an earthquake zone and has lost tens of thousands of people with regularity suggests that a devastating nuclear accident is only a matter of time,” said Rubin.
14 Comments on "Iran Evacuates Area Surrounding Nuke Plant"
BillT on Thu, 3rd Jan 2013 2:12 pm
Wow! “Facts from a Washington based rag…The Free Beacon. Fact or fiction? Only the Iranians know for sure, but from the source, I would bet a nice dinner at a fancy restaurant that most of it is fiction.
Funny you don’t hear about the ongoing radiation leaks at GE’s Fukushima plants or the increase in cancers in those exposed to the radiation leaking from those plants. But then, GE owns or controls most of the Us news outlets.
And let’s not forget our use of spent uranium munitions in Iraq. And the cover-ups in Us based nuclear plants over the years.
Yep. all this article has missing is the obligatory “they are producing nuclear weapons, but deny it” tag.
Kenz300 on Thu, 3rd Jan 2013 3:55 pm
Nuclear energy is too dangerous and too costly. Have we not learned anything form Chernobyl or Fukishima?
Both those disasters continue today with no end in sight. TEPCO is broke and relying on the taxpayers to help fund the stabilization and clean up at Fukishima. At Chernobyl the government is raising a billion dollars for a new containment structure.
It is time to transition to safe, clean alternative forms of energy. Wind, solar, wave energy, geothermal and second generation biofuels made from algae, cellulose and waste are the future.
Arthur on Thu, 3rd Jan 2013 6:04 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Free_Beacon
Continetti and Gertz are both Weekly Standard material, that is people with an unhealthy obsession with Iran.
Arthur on Thu, 3rd Jan 2013 6:29 pm
The fact that kosher rags like Free Bacon report about this first, could point to foreknowledge based on, well, do not want to go there. Last year at the same site occured a ‘mysterious blast’:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/report-mysterious-blast-in-iran-s-isfahan-damaged-key-nuclear-site-1.398671
The mob has already shown they are willing to shoot scientists in broad daylight.
Keith_McClary on Fri, 4th Jan 2013 1:52 am
All I can find on BBC is this “Elsewhere on the web” item:
Report: Iran orders evacuation of Isfahan, near nuke site
Jerusalem Post / NEW 10 hours ago
Iranian officials on Wednesday ordered residents of Isfahan to evacuate the city, the BBC reported, sparking renewed concern a nearby uranium…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/?q=Isfahan%20evacuate&search_form=in-page-search-form
BillT on Fri, 4th Jan 2013 9:56 am
BBC … Jerusalem Post … lol.
Arthur on Fri, 4th Jan 2013 10:03 am
As Bill says the BBC link generated by Keith leads to jpost, yet another kosher site. None of the major European MSM carries the story. If it turned out to be true afterall you can bet your last dollar that the event was the result of Israeli sabotage in order to provoke retaliation, hence their early reporting.
Arthur on Fri, 4th Jan 2013 5:12 pm
Infowars (Alex Jones’ tent) immediately points to the ‘neocon’ origin of the source.
http://www.infowars.com/washington-free-beacon-reports-radiation-leak-at-irans-isfahan-nuke-site/
Still nothing in the MSM. Probably a lie, the whole story.
Arthur on Fri, 4th Jan 2013 5:18 pm
This is the guy who wrote the story in the Free Bacon:
http://freebeacon.com/author/adam-kredo/
“Adam Kredo is senior writer for the Washington Free Beacon. Formerly an award-winning political reporter for the Washington Jewish Week, where he frequently broke national news, Kredo’s work has been featured in outlets such as the Jerusalem Post, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and Politico, among others. He lives in Maryland with his comic books”.
Right, no further questions, your honour.
Michelle Brenner on Fri, 4th Jan 2013 8:15 pm
Well considering satellite pictures show missing buildings around the nuclear plant and heavy machinery. I would bet a fancy dinner that indeed there has been an explosion. JMHO
Arthur on Sat, 5th Jan 2013 12:19 am
Any link?
Arthur on Sat, 5th Jan 2013 11:44 am
It looks like that it was about an airpolution warning from the authorities, nothing to do with nukes. Case closed.
http://www.raptureforums.com/forum/israel-middle-east-news/71553-iran-1-5m-citizens-flee-isfahan-air-pollution-warning-2.html
In general we could safely conclude that these Israeli hotheads pushing the story are not the linguistic genuises they like to think they are. So here is a short free Iranian-Hebrew language course:
– air polution is not nukes
– regime change in Jeruzalem is not wiping Israel of the map.
The likely consequence of 9/11 and the strongly related Clean Break strategy, both coming from the same source, will be that Palestine will be administered by Turkey again, like it has been for centuries. You can’t make this stuff up. The plotters and schemers shooting themselves in the foot.
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