[bayouranger]

The madhi's coming out of the wrong well. Go figure, that's islam for ya.

[Olog-hai]

Say what . . . ? They can’t tell their citizens to die of radiation poisoning for Allah? (Oh yeah; no Jews or Christians to kill that way.)

[43north]

Hmmm, maybe the mad mullahs will turn their country into a radioactive wasteland all by themselves. OK by me.

[stubernx98]

Hmmmm, They have a state run meida like ours.

[silverleaf]

whoa, if true this is big news, this is a big city in a strategic area

the dickhead Rev Guards do not have the technical know-how or sophistication to handle a nuc emergency as well as Japan or even Russia

Check which way the wind blows

[Pollster1]

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.

I'm sure Israel will be blamed if that happens (so they might as well make it happen?). Inject Liquid Into the Ground: . . . As seismologist Dave Wolny explained, "If you are doing deep well injection, you are altering the stress on the underlying rocks and at some point, the stress will be relieved by generating an earthquake."

[Red Badger]

OOPS!.....

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

well, this is interesting, radiation leak eh?

[expat2]

Isfahan is a pretty big city — that is going to be a big mess....

[TADSLOS]

Homer Simpson in a mufti or Mossad?

[Hardraade]

We wish you a hot new year, Iran...

[jagusafr]

Insert photo of Baghdad Bob here.

[Slings and Arrows]

[M Kehoe]

Has anyone reported/detected radiation down wind from the facility?

5.56mm

[PGR88]

Don’t worry, the radiation will only hurt the JOOOOS. Allah will protect the true believers.

[boomop1]

for sure

[BenLurkin]

Explosion Near Iran’s Isfahan Nuclear Plant Reported

January 2, 2013 4:54 pm

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/01/02/explosion-near-irans-isfahan-nuclear-plant-reported/

[SargeK]

Maybe a criticality accident. It’s hard to imagine a leak of UF6, uranyl nitrate or anything like that resulting in the evacuation of a city - especially in a third-world craphole. OTOH a criticality with lots of nasty fission products could. Liquid system criticalities might have multiple excursions.

Welcome to the nuclear club! Remember kids, mass, moderation, geometry.

[Izzy Dunne]

"the rumors about leaking and contamination at Isfahan’s [Uranium Conversion Facility] are not true at all."

[LucianOfSamasota]

I always kinda hoped that GWB would flip a few nuclear cruise missiles at the enrichment sites, just before he left office. I fantasized his cover story: “We warned those stone aged misfits that plying with nukes was dangerous. Now they’ve gone and blown themselves up.” Who would have argued once the deed was done?

The way it’s going, maybe the cavemen will save us the trouble. Sure would be a shame if these jihadists blew themselves up in the end.

[LibLieSlayer]

I love the smell of fried iranian in the morning.

LLS