Posted on 11/03/2013 7:30:52 PM PST by tired&retired
Tehran did its utmost to conceal the mystery blast which last week struck the heavy water reactor under construction at Arak in western Iran.
It is revealed here for the first time by DEBKAfile’s intelligence and Iranian sources. The explosion, whether accidental or not, will delay for a second time the reactor’s first test with real fuel. Tehran informed the International Atomic Energy Agency in August of a previous holdup.
The cause of the blast and the extent of the damage it caused have not yet been established. According to the partial information initially reaching our sources, it occurred inside the reactor building when preparations were underway for a test scheduled for this month with artificial fuel and light water. The site of the explosion may have been the large coolant containers and the pressure gauges attached to the reactor’s core.
Iranian Atomic Council experts and intelligence agents are testing four possible causes of the explosion:
1. Sabotage.
2. A virus planted in the computers that control the systems administering the test.
3. An error in engineering calculations in the design of the coolant containers which underestimated their strength for standing up to the required level of pressure.
4. The deliberate sale to Iran of inferior steel materials that were not strong enough to withstand such pressure.
The best way for a Muslim government to cover up a monumental disaster and make sure no one knows about it is to make sure it’s published in all its gory details by DEBKA FILE.
#5...someone doesn’t want you to have a nuclear capability.....maybe
Did anyone see any mysterious Israelis in the area?
Itz dem JOOOOOOOOZ!!!!
;^)
That’s different, they print propaganda for the regime.
You mean the perfect Islamic society turned out inferior, inadequate steel?
What?
Wait a minute...
...never mind...
I guess their QC just isn't as good as it could be for nuclear work. Wow. Amazing this is even an option. Are they building it from a kit?
The Iranians should blow up their own stuff, that way they would know when it was going to happen.
we can all know 100% obama had nothing to do with this.
they don’t have large steel factories there. foreigners sell them steel. and it could have been they just didn’t get something made from the right kind of steel, or the raw steel they turned into what they needed wasn’t the right blend.
Oh, it’s nothing to worry about - those old things just up and blow themselves up now and then. I can’t count the number of times that’s happened in the States. Well, actually because it hasn’t. But it could have.
1. Mossad did it.
2. Mossad has knowledge of all operations in foreign countries.
3. In fact, Mossad has knowledge of the existence undercover activities in foreign countries.
4. When denying something, blame the Israelis to make them look bad and weaken their position. Make them bend to Obama’s will.
5. Deny events that have happened or blame Netanyahu.
Can you say Mossad? :-)
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