“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.”
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.
As I’ve stated earlier, the possible timing for an Israeli strike on Iran is connected to the completion of the nuclear power plant in Bushehr.
Meanwhile, Iran is taking the necessary steps to defend itself as it enters into three days of war games reported by World Tribune.
Officials said the Iranian military has launched an air defense exercise designed to foil an air strike on nuclear facilities. They said the exercise began on Sept. 8 and would include the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. - World Tribune
With the relations between Russia and the U.S. increasingly being strained, it wouldn’t be surprising that the Russians will make the completion of this nuclear reactor a top priority!
Until next time…
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