Oh boy, this is definitely one turning point. Are they “allowed” to fire up a nuclear reactor?
As I think about this, it is really amazing where we find ourselves and how far we have shifted from even just a year or two ago. With all the hate and rhetoric coming from the Iranian administration, it is amazing we would let them have a reactor. Two years ago we would not have, but we have shifted the debate so far to the point where it is a non-issue for our administration.
Really? Or are we being deceived?
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Salehi: Iran Preparing to Load Fuel into Bushehr Reactor
TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi announced on Wednesday that Iran has paved all the necessary grounds for injecting fuel into the Bushehr nuclear power plant reactor. “Grounds have been paved for loading fuel into the heart of Bushehr’s reactor, including carrying out drills, practices and tests, washing the heart of the reactor and carrying out reactor tests, and we will witness the transfer of fuel (to the reactor) in coming days,” Salehi told reporters.
“We hope to load fuel into the heart of Bushehr by mid Mehr (first week of October) and the power plant would join the national power grid after two to three months,” Salehi noted.
The Iranian official also underlined the cyber safety of the reactor, explaining that Tehran initiated the necessary measures to boost the security of the relevant computer systems a year ago and that it has taken additional security measures in the past two months.
Salehi stressed that the Iran has blocked hacking attacks and virus penetration into the computer systems of the nuclear installations in Bushehr, reiterating that all enemy plots in this ground have been defused.
The first nuclear plant in Iran, region and the Middle East will start operation when the fuel is sent to the center of the reactor.
Salehi had announced on Monday that his organization plans to inject fuel into the Bushehr nuclear power plant reactor by early October.
“All the necessary measures have been adopted successfully and we hope to load fuel into the core of the Bushehr power plant reactor by early October,” Salehi said.
Iran transferred nuclear fuel into the main building of its first nuclear power plant in the southern port city of Bushehr in a ceremony attended by senior Iranian and Russian nuclear officials on August 21.
Salehi said earlier this month that the plant would join the national power grid in fall.
Western corporations began the construction of the Bushehr facility in the 1970s. However, following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, the Western companies reneged on their commitments and pulled out of the project due to political pressure from Washington.
Iran then turned to Russia to complete the project. In 1992, Tehran and Moscow signed a deal to complete the construction of the nuclear power plant. Russia started building the nuclear facility in 1994.
The startup of the station, originally scheduled to be completed in 1999, was delayed on several occasions, but it eventually seems that the nuclear facility will start power generation in just a few months.
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