Beijing Times reported on August 22 Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant China’s first civilian nuclear power reactor began to carry 21 nuclear fuel, is expected to begin late this year or early next year supply. Iran says can stop the production of conditional purity of 20% enriched uranium, but will not stop all uranium enrichment activities.
Start loading fuel nuclear reactors
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, 21, said in a statement, “Iran calendar May 30 (Gregorian calendar August 21), began to (the Bushehr nuclear power plant) nuclear reactor fuel load.”
The statement said 163 nuclear fuel rods, “The need for inspection of nuclear reactor core loading.”
AP reporter Miao Shu, the same day, the first car from one fuel to be shipped out of storage to the transport of building a nuclear reactor “fuel pool.” The next 10 days, equivalent to 80 tons of nuclear fuel rods 163 will be gradually brought into the building and into reactor core. Loading is completed, the reactor still at least a month to start generating electricity.
International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors, Vice-President and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and the Russian Atomic Energy Salish master Director Sergei Kiriyenko to participate in nuclear launch.
Salish 21, said that since the nuclear power plant, “the ups and downs” of history, today is “worthy of remembrance.” He thanked Russia for everything.
Fars news agency quoted Kiriyenko as saying: “Today is a great day, we enter the start phase of the Bushehr nuclear power plant material … … We declare, Russia to honor all commitments.”
Members Iran Tehran the same day that Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant started in terms of a “great victory, at the same time that Iran is seeking nuclear activities of its determination and ability.”
Ahmadinejad signals released reconciliation
Under the agreement, Russia will provide nuclear fuel and the Bushehr nuclear power plant all the necessary equipment, technology and staff training. Meanwhile, all the nuclear waste produced by nuclear power plants will be shipped back to Russia.
However, the Salish on the 20th that Iran does not need to buy nuclear fuel from Russia.
“Bushehr nuclear power plant is expected to use the period of 60 years, we plan to use for 40 years,” Salehi said, “Suppose we get nuclear fuel from Russia for 10 years, that the remaining 30 to 50 years, how can we do?”
He said that Iran now has enough nuclear fuel for use Bushehr nuclear reactors a year, every year one third of the nuclear fuel to be replaced. Have been put into operation once the Natanz uranium enrichment plant in place all the necessary equipment, can produce about 30 tons of enriched uranium per year, but only enough for one with the Bushehr nuclear power plant by using the same scale.
Iran’s previous plan to build 20 nuclear power plants, 10 new uranium enrichment facilities. Salehi said: “The future for the production of construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant and other power plant needs (uranium) enrichment activities must continue.”
20, published in Japan, “Yomiuri Shimbun” published on the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – an interview article. Ahmadinejad also rejected demands to stop all uranium enrichment activities.
Newspapers quoted the Iranian president as saying: “We have the right to carry out uranium enrichment … … We have never wanted to provoke war or nuclear weapons.”
However, Ahmadinejad also said that if the research can guarantee Iran a supply of nuclear fuel needed for nuclear reactor, Iran would stop enriching uranium with 20% purity.
He said that as part of the deal, “If we can guarantee access to nuclear fuel supply, we promise to stop producing enriched uranium of 20% purity.”
Reuters interpretation of the speech Ahmadinejad seems to be a signal that the West fears Iran is willing to make a settlement of Iran’s nuclear program.
Lobbying to promote US-Russian talks on sanctions
Russia, 20, welcomed Ahmadinejad’s proposal calls for talks as soon as possible, to provide enriched uranium to Iran to discuss matters.
Itar-Tass quoted Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister as saying: “We believe it is necessary to hold such talks, the sooner the better.”
The United States and other Western countries have been worried about Iran’s nuclear program aims to develop nuclear weapons, Iran denied. Xia, bolstered in the United States, the United Nations Security Council in June this year by targeting Iran’s nuclear program in the first four Zhicai including further strengthening of financial controls and scope of the embargo and the freezing Kuodawuqi dozens of home business Zichan and right Bufen Iran Iran Renshi Zuochulvhang ban.
Meanwhile, the United States, the European Union, Canada and Australia announced additional sanctions on Iran.
20, from the U.S. Treasury Department, State Department and White House officials in Bahrain, Brazil, Ecuador, Japan, Lebanon, South Korea, Turkey and United Arab Emirates, eight countries launched an extensive lobbying, to promote the implementation of the United States and the United Nations in these countries has made on Iran sanctions.
The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement, Yue, Zhe Xie countries with senior government officials, bank regulators Jigou and departments in charge when Hui Tan, Ministry of Finance Guan Yuan Xiang Tamenqiangtiao, if Waiguoyinhang Ji Xu and the United States blacklisted the Iranian enterprise business relationship exists, these banks will not be able to enter the U.S. financial system.
U.S. officials said, “The new round of sanctions have begun to affect Iran’s economy … … the Iranian government to attract foreign investment to develop its oil and gas fields, access to financial services and to maintain financial relations with the international community”.
Ministry of Finance is responsible for counter-terrorism Affairs Minister called governments of these countries to take measures to prevent attempts to circumvent sanctions against Iran.
“As international pressure increased, the Iranian economy has been isolated, it will try to seek access to new channels for the international financial system,” Levy said, “Governments should adopt appropriate mechanisms to prevent such a threat.”
Frequently hold military exercises near Iran’s external “Sword”, and made public a variety of new weapons to demonstrate defense hard power, which one called “Storm” helicopter gunship is especially noteworthy. Israeli media that the armed Iran, despite the US-made helicopters “Cobra” helicopter “cottage Edition”, but its operational performance is worse than than the original.