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Iran’s Ahmadinejad Orders Launch of Five Nuclear Reactors
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said his country has “gone nuclear” and ordered officials to “speedily” launch five more reactors.
Ahmadinejad was speaking at a ceremony to mark Nuclear Technology Day, as well as launch two uranium mines and a yellow cake production plant in the city of Yazd.
The controversial president once again made clear that Iran has every right to pursue its nuclear programme, even though the western powers believe it is a covert mission to produce atomic weapons.
In a veiled remark to the US, Ahmadinejad said Iran has already become a “nuclear country” and nobody is entitled to deny this status, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency.
It has also been revealed that the new yellow cake (uranium oxide) plant will have an annual production capacity of 60 tonnes.
Failed talks
The ceremony comes in the wake of the failed nuclear talks between Iran and members of the P5+1 group (the US, Britain, France, Russia, and China + Germany).
Iran has been celebrating Nuclear Technology Day on 9 April since 2006, when the nuclear fuel production cycle on a laboratory scale was completed.
At the latest round of talks, Iran was urged to halt its nuclear enrichment programme before the uranium reached 20 percent purity, in return for some relief from US-orchestrated sanctions. Iran flatly rejected the
proposal.
7 Comments on "Iran’s Ahmadinejad Orders Launch of Five Nuclear Reactors"
rollin on Wed, 10th Apr 2013 1:14 pm
They, like many countries, are building their own nightmare disasters. I thought Iran had lots of sun, they could learn how to power their country with solar PV.
I guess this is more about war and putting their population in jeopardy to maintain control.
mo on Wed, 10th Apr 2013 2:16 pm
Where does the expertese building these reactors come from? Some western country’s? China?
BillT on Wed, 10th Apr 2013 2:25 pm
Mo, probably GE by way of North Korea.
Rollin, a large solar array requires a lot of constant cleaning to remain efficient. And it is still cheaper to build nuclear than solar. Especially if they still have uranium mines.
It appears that Iran is not suffering too much if they can afford 5 more reactors. Of course, it will take years to build them, but…
DC on Wed, 10th Apr 2013 8:12 pm
As much as I oppose nuclear power, I cant disagree with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he says the US has no business dictating what Iran can and cannot do. On this, he is 100% correct. But, we also know full well the US has no real objection to Irans NP program. Its really just a smokescreen for a much more hostile agenda. So while the president if correct, it also really does not matter.
And rollin has the right idea, Iran should be looking into passive solar. I always felt though had gone this route, the US would still be gunning for Iran. Except instead of bloviating about non-existent Iranian ‘nukes’, the US would be crying that Iran was plotting to fry with Middle East with a gigantic focusd sun-ray.
No matter what Iran does, or does not do, they lose. Just like Iraq bent over backwards to appease the US even in the face of its patently false accusations prior to GW2.
Didnt do them much good either I am afraid…
Plantagenet on Wed, 10th Apr 2013 8:54 pm
Obama’s pledges to stop Iran from getting the nuclear bomb aren’t worth the paper they were printed on.
energy investor on Wed, 10th Apr 2013 10:51 pm
With Russia as sponsor of their nuclear technology and the end of the megatons to megawatts agreement, there will be plenty of uranium and plenty of technological support for Iran from her new BRIIICS partner.
But will Russian continue to supply the USA?
GregT on Thu, 11th Apr 2013 5:43 am
Look’s like Iran might have been a little too ambitious, perhaps there could be another “Evil Dictator” that the US can focus on.