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As we have previously announced, Bushehr power plant has reached the criticality stage, meaning it has been successfully launched," Salehi reportedly said.
Criticality is the stage in a nuclear reaction when the fissile material is self-sustaining. "This stage lasts for two months. We hope the plant will gain some 40 percent of its power within the next one or two months," Salehi added.
The United States and other Western nations for years urged Russia to abandon the project, fearing it would help Iran develop nuclear weapons. But an agreement obliging Tehran to repatriate spent nuclear fuel to Russia eased those concerns.
So what will happen next?
Originally posted by Big Raging Loner
So what will happen next?
They will generate their own nuclear energy, and medical isotopes?..
Originally posted by TheMaverick
reply to post by Advantage
it was agreed a long time ago that russia would only build there plant,under the condition to remove and dispose of the spent rods...these are very easy accountable,it's not as if they can slip one in their pocket.
besides,just because iran,has finally got its nuclear power up and running,it doesn't mean,they are going to start making bombs,to blow up the world.
don't believe the zionist propaganda,about iran being a major threat,and certainly not to the west.
because for israel long term future,they can't let the likes of iran become a nuclear power....not because iran will blow them up,but because it sets precedent for the rest of the middle east,and as israel is so small,in the future,it wouldn't be the dominant force in the region.