ALERT Russia Ready to Launch Iranian Nuclear Power Plant

[Spirit Of Truth]

Russia Ready to Launch Iranian Nuclear Power Plant

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/191973

Reported: 20:59 PM - Aug/11/10

The Iranian state owned FNA news service reports that the head of Russia's Atomic Energy Agency Sergei Kirienko will visit Iran in late August to attend a ceremony to inaugurate the country's first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr.

The news was announced during a meeting between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin and the Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi on Tuesday.

Russia has been building the nuclear facility in Iran since 1994. The inauguration of the station, originally scheduled to be completed in 1999, has been delayed on several occasions.

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We are just after the August new moon, so there's still a veil of moonless sky for Israel to strike at this point, although I find it hard to believe the IDF would make a move into the beginning of Ramadan given how the Muslim world would react.

From what I could tell, the "real fuel" won't be placed into Bushehr for a few months, so there still may be more time for Israel to strike the site before it's "hot" and thus a dangerous source of radioisotopes. However, I don't know for sure and welcome further research on this score.

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Iran-Russia Joint Nuke Plant To Commission Next Month

http://www.rttnews.com/Content/GeneralNews.aspx?Id=1387336&SM=1

8/9/2010 10:44 AM ET

(RTTNews) - The Bushehr nuclear plant in southern Iran being built with help from Russia is scheduled to go on stream next month, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman was quoted in the local media as saying on Monday.

Ramin Mehmanparast said construction activities at the plant was going as per schedule and it would start functioning in about one and a half-months.

"The real fuel" will be made available at the facility a couple of months after its opening leading to an optimization of its operations, he said.

Until now "virtual fuel" has been used instead of "real fuel" in tests carried out at the light-water reactor plant owing to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) curbs on Bushehr's nuclear fuel.

For a variety of reasons, including some political, construction of the plants has often failed to meet deadlines. Moscow has justified the delay on the grounds that work on the plant first started by the Germans in seventies had to be first adapted to Russian technology.

Although there is considerable anxiety among the Western powers regarding the construction of a nuclear plant in Iran, the involvement of Russia as well as Moscow's guarantees that it will transport the nuclear fuel as well as return the nuclear waste have allayed fears somewhat.

Iran for its part claims that its nuclear intentions are peaceful and has also stressed its right for securing access to nuclear energy as a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

 

[Spirit Of Truth]

Here's an older article (that has since disappeared) on the "real fuel" issue:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...ushehr+and+real+fuel&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Iran to Load up Bushehr N. Power Plant with Real Fuel in July

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian legislator announced that the county plans to load real fuel into its first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr in July.

Speaking to FNA about the visit by Iranian parliamentarians to the Bushehr nuclear power plant, member of the parliament's (city and village) Councils and Home Security Commission Seyed Mohammad Javad Abtahi described the status quo at the Bushehr plant as "desirable".

"The first circuit 250-bar and the second circuit 110-bar tests as well as the Metal Core Test have all been conducted (successfully)," Abtahi said, adding, "Other tests in relation to the fueling process will be completed by the next 3 weeks."

The lawmaker stressed that the systems have not shown any faulty operation in tests, and stated that with the accomplishment of the tests and given the commitment of the Russian side "the real fuel will be loaded into the main connectors late in Tir (June 22-July 10) and the plant will start its formal operation subsequently.

Earlier on Thursday, an Iranian official announced the plant is scheduled to receive real fuel after the termination of thermal test.

Iran started the Warm Water Test in April 8 concurrent with the National Nuclear Technology Day in which the country celebrated its latest scientific achievements.

In February 2010, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi told FNA that there has just remained a 'Warm Water Test' before the Bushehr power plant could launch operation.

"We will inject fuel into the heart of the reactor after that (final test)," Salehi added at the time.

Noting the latest operations carried out in the plant, Salehi also said that Bushehr has passed an array of tests in the last few months, and pointed out that the Metal Core Test has been the latest test accomplished by the power plant.

Russia has been building the nuclear facility in Iran since 1994. The start-up of the station, originally scheduled to be completed in 1999, has been delayed on several occasions.

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.

 

[denfoote]

If Israel is gonna do it, they had better do it now!!

 

[sopo]

bump

 

[dieseltrooper]

Considering how the muslim world views Israel now, I don't see it making any difference if they attacked on ramadan. The muslims had no concern for Yom Kippur in 1973. I hope that Israel attacks when it is most favorable to achieve their objective.

 

[blueridge]

The power plant will be a nice cover for their ultimate goal of having & being able to throw nukes at Israel (Little Satan) and the Great Satan (USA).


This plant will definitely add 'fuel' to the fire.

 

[Spirit Of Truth]

Everything is being spelled out nicely by the Russians so the Israelis 'get the message'.

Russia to activate reactor at Iran's nuclear plant on Aug. 21
English.news.cn 2010-08-13 18:05:12

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-08/13/c_13443999.htm

MOSCOW, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Russia is set to activate a reactor at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Aug. 21, Russia's state-run atomic energy corporation Rosatom said Friday.

A Rosatom spokesman said Russia would help load the reactor with fuel, which would be a key step toward starting up the reactor at Iran's first nuclear power plant.

"The fuel will be loaded on Aug. 21," Rosatom spokesman Sergei Novikov was quoted by Itar-Tass news agency as saying.

"This is the start of the physical launch (of the reactor)," he said.

Rosatom director Sergei Kiriyenko and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi would be at the launching ceremony, Interfax news agency reported.

Bushehr is located in one of Iran's hottest districts on the Persian Gulf coast. The plant construction started in the 1970s by several German companies, who pulled out following a U.S. embargo on high-tech supplies to Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Russia signed a contract with Iran to complete the plant construction in 1998.

The start-up date has been postponed a number of times. It was originally scheduled for September 2007 but was delayed by serious financing shortage.

The Interfax reported that fuel for the first reactor was delivered in January 2008. It is in storage under the seal of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Spent fuel from the reactor will be shipped back to Russia.

Russia has been helping Iran build the plant since the mid-1990s. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had promised Russia would start up the reactor at the Bushehr plant this summer.

 

[jpigott]

This would basically mean Israel has maybe 3-4 days to take it out at most. They didnt let the Iraq reactor go online or Syria's. Will Netanyahu pull the trigger. Large buildup of Israeli forces still in the north from Syria over to Lebanon.

What this means is that plans that included hitting the Bushehr reactor as part of a strike against the Iranian nuclear program will need to be carried out within the next few days or shelved permanently.

Operation Opera and Operation Orchard were both carried out before the reactors became operational and any new operation against the Bushehr site would almost certainly follow the same rules.

The upshot of all this then is that Bushehr will be bombed within the next few days or it will be dropped from any future military plans, something the Israelis might see as unacceptable.

It would be too obvious at this point to go after Bushehr IMO. I think they pull it off their target list. Either that, or life in the middle east is going to get REAL INTERESTING in the next few days.

 

[doctor_fungcool]

Aug. 16th-19th...give or take.....

 

[Zulu Cowboy]

They've lost the element of surprise...I can't imagine Israel attempting a massive attack against Iran's nuclear facilities at this point. Especially with the lackluster support the Obama administration is giving them. They're too smart for that. I see the ultimate confrontation taking place as a feint maneuver. Perhaps through some shenanigans involving Hezbollah/Lebanon/Syria...in an attempt to drag Iran into the frey. And once a significant counter-attack has been launched against Israel...THEN they bomb the hell out of Bushehr.

I believe public opinion still matters to Israel...

But once that happens...it won't matter how the world might react to radiation being spread all over the region, because then it's 'Game On'!

Or I could just be farting in the wind...and Israel will say 'To hell with this'...and then nuke Iran in the next 72 hours.

Either WAY, this is going to be interesting!


Zulu Cowboy

 

[imaginative]

An attack on Iran may save the Dollar

 

[KKC]

Zulu makes a good point. They have no element of surprise. No tactical advantage. My gut tells me Israel is going to let this one go.

But doesn't mean I'm not biting my nails in anticipation of what Israel IS going to do.

 

[jpigott]

I must say, I am disappointed with Bibi’s term as PM so far. If Bushehr is allowed to go active, then it will have done so on his watch. He talks a big game, but I haven’t seen him back it up. Reminds me in a different way of how he rolled over on the Hebron issue during his stint as PM back during the 90s

 

[ontheright]

If Israel is gonna do it, they had better do it now!!

New moon,,,,could see some fireworks this weekend

edit...ooops wrong phase waxing moon

 

[jpigott]

And the rhetoric is going up again...

Syrian PM: Israel to pay heavy price in case of attack

Published: 08.13.10, 07:22 / Israel News

Syrian Prime Minister Muhammed Naji al-Otari says Israel will "pay a heavy price" if it attempt to launch a war against his country.

More on: [link to www.ynetnews.com]

 

[Spirit Of Truth]

Zulu makes a good point. They have no element of surprise. No tactical advantage. My gut tells me Israel is going to let this one go.

But doesn't mean I'm not biting my nails in anticipation of what Israel IS going to do.

I concur with that assessment. I will add the wave patterns in stock prices and astroharmonics are ripe for some sort of massive negative upset as I've been blogging about, but even so, I hope and pray Israel is not so foolish as to take the bait here in what is clearly a trap IMHO.

http://TheSpiritOfTruth.blogspot.com

http://www.spiritoftruth.org/iraniannuclearbomb.htm

 

[fairbanksb]

Awe geesh, here we go again. Maybe or maybe not for the umpteenth time.

 

[Spirit Of Truth]

Awe geesh, here we go again. Maybe or maybe not for the umpteenth time.

Admittedly, we've been on the edge of the abyss since this time last year according to Elliott Wave analysis and the such. However, the August-October time frame is infamous for a reason....or, more so, for being unreasonable.

 

[KKC]

I hope and pray Israel is not so foolish as to take the bait here in what is clearly a trap IMHO.

Could you imagine if the trap was that the fuel rods were already installed and that they are trying to get Israel and the US to unknowingly spill tons of radioactive material into the atmosphere? That would put both Israel and the US on the bad side of the entire world without a doubt. Now THAT would be an insane twist.

 

[Spirit Of Truth]

John Bolton: Russia's Loading of Nuke Fuel Into Iran Plant Means Aug. 21 Deadline for Israeli Attack

Friday, 13 Aug 2010 01:41 PM

By: David A. Patten

News that Russia will load nuclear fuel rods into an Iranian reactor has touched off a countdown to a point of no return, a deadline by which Israel would have to launch an attack on Iran's Bushehr reactor before it becomes effectively "immune" to any assault, says former Bush administration U.N. Ambassador John R. Bolton.

Once the fuel rods are loaded, Bolton told Fox News on Friday afternoon, "it makes it essentially immune from attack by Israel. Because once the rods are in the reactor an attack on the reactor risks spreading radiation in the air, and perhaps into the water of the Persian Gulf."

MORE - http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/Joh...l/2010/08/13/id/367449?s=al&promo_code=A80B-1

 

[Spirit Of Truth]

Check this out. Look for any mention of Iran's Bushehr reactor going live next weekend on the homepage of any of Israel's major online news sources:

http://www.jpost.com/

http://www.haaretz.com/

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Israel is ominously quite about the news that Bushehr will go effectively "live" next weekend. If Israel didn't plan to act militarily, I'm sure they'd be harping on the threat this development poses to the world community and calling for Russia to stand down (since Russia is ultimately instigating this situation). Yet there's nothing.

Here's a question for you: Why has Russia provided an exact date for when fuel will be introduced into the Bushehr plant? Why not announce this after the fact such the Israel is caught by surprise and unable to act beforehand? I think I might have already provided the answer in this score.

http://www.spiritoftruth.org/iraniannuclearbomb.htm

Brace yourselves, folks. Either world war three is imminent or the Israelis just aren't that concerned about Iran's nuclear pursuits.