Moscow alarmed about Iranian nuclear program

Iranmania ^ | April 23 2003 | AFP

[RusIvan]

Russia has been supporting Iran's nuke program.+++

I don't think so.
Russia sells defensive conventional arms for US dollars.
Russia sells energy nuclier reactor under approvement of ICAE.

You show plz proves that Russia sells WMD technology? Until then you are wrong.

[RusIvan]

The Russian and Chinese leaders are still committed to their objective of world domination and believe that, disguised as 'democrats', in accordance with Leninist teaching, they will be able to achieve it..+++

I don't know nothing about China.
But Russia and Leninist teaching? It sounds ridicluous.
Russia is capitalist country.

Yes they are many former beuracrats and today capitalists in Russia but there wasn't others then them available.

They don't ally with China. They rather worry about China.
What they want now is money not world domination.

[RightWhale]

Russia has been supporting Iran's nuke program

Nuke is short for nuclear. That is, all things that use nuclear processes such as splitting or merging nuclei. It could be weapons, but it also includes municipal power production and medical instruments. It might even include illuminated watchdials and commercial food preparation.

[Destructor]

"Who's going to be the threat once we start dealing with Iran?"

Don't forget about Kalifornia. They're closer than any of those other countries.

[RusIvan]

Nuke is short for nuclear.++

Ok I got it. But here on FR I frequantly saw the use of "nuke" in sense of warhead. WMD.

"Nuclier" on other hand is more for civilian atomic.
So Russia sold that reactor but as I red in press the russian experts believe that iranians can't extract nothing weapon class from it.

[RightWhale]

the russian experts believe that iranians can't extract nothing weapon class from it.

That is probably true. Russian atomic sciencists are highly capable, and Russia wouldn't export that kind of tech, no one who is sane would do that.

[Orion78]

So what do you think about the North Koreans having Nuclear Weapons? They have Plutonium Nukes. Thats Russia's speciality isnt it?

[Orion78]

PING!

[Orion78]

The Russians were only supposed to sell the reactor under the terms that they remove the spent fuel rods afterwards, so they couldn't be used for WMD's. However, it has been reported, now that Bushehr is almost finished, that the Iranians have a Gas Centrifuge Plant and will provide their own fuel. It should also be noted that a Gas Centrifuge Plant can enrich Uranium up to Weapons-Grade quality. Right RusIvan?

[RusIvan]

So what do you think about the North Koreans having Nuclear Weapons? They have Plutonium Nukes. Thats Russia's speciality isnt it?++

I think it is bad.

Yes I red somewhere that Russia has about 100 tons of weapon plutonium now.
It was 134 but Russia degraded 34 tons by mixing with uranium and sold it to USA. As nuiclier fuel.
So if USA pay Russia sells to her. Mybe it is a solution?

Let US buy everything Russia sells and US don't like it?

I'm interested so who else use plutonium technology except Russia?

[RusIvan]

However, it has been reported, now that Bushehr is almost finished, that the Iranians have a Gas Centrifuge Plant and will provide their own fuel. +++

Fuel as I remember is not uranium but uranium oxide. And it no needs more then 5% purity.
So I conclude their plant is not for this reactor.

If iranians want to enrich uranium then I wonder where they get ore? And I wonder why ICAE doesn't impose sanctions on Iran?

[Orion78]

"Fuel as I remember is not uranium but uranium oxide. And it no needs more then 5% purity. So I conclude their plant is not for this reactor."

Well the Iranians would disagree. What do you think about that?

From GlobalSecurity.Org:

"Iran strongly rejected the allegations and reiterated that the two plants were intended to generate electricity. "In the next 20 years, Iran has to produce 6,000 megawatts of electricity by nuclear plants and the launch of these two centers and are aimed at producing necessary fuel for these plants," Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said."

If iranians want to enrich uranium then I wonder where they get ore?

From the article above, fourth line down:

"Iran in February revealed that it was building an array of facilities to exploit uranium deposits which would make it self-sufficient in nuclear fuel."

And I wonder why ICAE doesn't impose sanctions on Iran?

Because as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran has a right to pursue peaceful nuclear technology, subject to the oversight of the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency. That right includes producing enriched uranium.

[Orion78]

Some photos of the Bushehr Reactor, Iran

IKONOS

[Mr. Mojo]

I get it, this must be the alternative universe Russia. ...The one that hasn't been helping Iran with its nuclear program for over a decade now.