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Iran: Bushehr reactor to be activated mid September
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Published: 14.08.10, 14:03
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1. Very bad news.
Terry ,   Eilat - Israel   (08.14.10)
It will be too late to bomb it. Big mistake on our part, waiting.
2. Sharon to blame
Robin ,   US   (08.14.10)
Instead of going to war with Jews in Gaza, he should taken out the nuclear plant. It might be too late now.
3. It is all written in the Torah.
Aviva ,   Israel   (08.14.10)
Israel is the safest country in the World. Even though we will lose a lot of people, all the others that hate Israel will disappear. Hashem has a plan!
4. A second Holocaust in the making
Brod ,   USA   (08.14.10)
A second Holocaust is being readied as Iran rushes to produce its nuke and arm its long range missiles. It is time for Israel to act to avert a Holocaust before it is too late.
5. WHY VERY BAD NEWS..............#1
MAHMOOD ,   LONDON-UK   (08.14.10)
In fact you should consider it to be good news as anything stupid Israel would have indulged in could have caused it a tremendous price to have paid for.Don't make it look as though they did nothing out of choice.They did not have much of a choice,Terry
6. #1 Not yet bad news but not that good
DT ,   TA Israel   (08.14.10)
Assuming Bushehr goes live and our government continues to sit on it's brains, my understanding is that B will produce enriched Uranium to 3.5% . For nukes you need at least 90% enriched presumably Bshr seems to be a source and Natanz the enrichment key
7. #4, right...It is time for Israel to act...
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (08.14.10)
Busher is singular in Irans nuke program...and it is located near the shore...
8. what's good for the goose is good for the gander
split ,   usa   (08.14.10)
Looking at both countries I would rather live next to Iran than Israel.
9. #6, DT, Sorry, but it is bad, very bad ...
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (08.14.10)
because of the plutonium which is produced by the reactor...this is Irans track to the plutonium bomb...
10. DO NOT WORRY
didier ,   france   (08.14.10)
It takes at least 6 months to become at full power, & a lot more to test a device & to build a bomb. Pakistan is more dangerous , especially if a bomb & a missile is sold to saudis. If muslims do a mistake many countries would have to be nuked......... They know & are too scared
11. THE WORLD STILL HAS TIME, BUT
Mark from Georgia ,   USA   (08.14.10)
But not forever, The key here, is to get China in on the action. Iran, fortunately has the inferior centrifuges, which gives the world a little time to apply more pressure on Iran. But it won't work unless the world believes we will attack Iran. You see China's economy is linked strongly to Iran, so China can put the pressure on, since they can ruin Iran's economy as well. China doesn't want a war. It's not that China is afraid of the U.S....they are not at all afraid of us...but China's is building up and improving in many ways, and China would like keep that going. China doesn't really care,and, are not hindered by the Muslim "culture death" mentality. So they don't have any "holy", "jihad" type ideology at stake, or even care about it. For China it's about the money and keeping their country growing, War, doesn't further that for China. Since Iran, being a main supplier of oil to China, gives China an economic way to quickly ruin Iran. The problem is, China has to believe, in its heart of hearts, that if Iran doesn't stop its nuke program, that the U.S. or Israel, or both with help from other countries will blast Iran to hell. So for now. we have a little time, hopefully, the pressure can stop Iran and avert a war. we need China to work with us and the world.
12. nuclear isreal
Pisti ,   USA   (08.14.10)
iran should not have it and neither should israel. they are both fanatics endangering the world to save their worthless skin.
13. re: Iran: Bushehr reactor to be activated mid September
shervin ,   Tehran iran   (08.14.10)
you are completely right. i m self from Iran and there only weakness is the oil that is selling to china. there are few people that know the prices of everything in Iran is rising fast, because of the sanctions (meat is now 19 dollars per kilo). and there is a rumor for another revolution, and Iran bombing Israel, it's a option for Iran because they are now in war with Israel supporting Gaza and hasan in Lebanon so this is the only chance for America to confines china that this is bad to do business with Iran and sanction Iran. i m self living in Iran...
14. No one said Iran doesn't have nukes just can't build yet
Bloodyscot ,   Dallas, Texas   (08.14.10)
Iran is reported to have 2 Soviet made nukes from black market and possible a few N. Korea made, plus they have enough uranium for 2 or 3 nukes also that we know of. Not enough to be a major threat but still very worrying.
15. #6, #10, not how it works
ben Ish   (08.14.10)
Natanz is strictly and specifically an enrichment facility. It is Natanz that creates the danger of an atomic bomb, not Busehr. The stated intention at Natanz is to produce 3.5% LEU to power Busehr. The enrichment process at Natanz is currently running significantly under capacity. An atomic bomb requires ~50kg of +85% HEU, a few months of construction, and zero testing. Much of the building of the weapon can be done concurrently with enrichment. Currently, Iran can easily construct an atomic bomb and the entire process can be done with very low probability of detection. They only need the HEU, which they could have in less than 6 weeks, with their current stock and centrifuges. Much of the construction can be done concurrently. As it stands today, Iran is 2 months away from a 15kt device, and they have enough for two of them. A nuclear power plant is not used to produce an -atomic- bomb, because it produces plutonium, which is used for -hydrogen- bombs. Spent nuclear fuel has -less- uranium than what went in. That is why there is a fuel/waste cycle. A Hydrogen bomb (Plutonium) is an entirely different animal than an Atom bomb (Uranium). A Hydrogen bomb will take them -years- to put together, and it will take extensive testing, and most almost certainly be detected long before they cross the threshold. The bottom line: It is quite unlikely they will have a hydrogen bomb before 2020, but they could have an atomic bomb before Sukkot, this year. That is probably not going to happen, but they almost certainly will have one before 2015.
16. The spoils of war
Dave ,   USA   (08.14.10)
Israel better bomb Iran's nuclear reactor at Bushehr before the Russians load it with atomic fuel. I'm sure everyone remembers the result of that event. Kuwait, Behrain, Qatar, UAE, might all be effected by the radioactive clouds. As King Solomon said: "The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually..." It could leave the Persian gulf and the oil load facilities unusable for years. Mazel Tov.
17. #14. Iran's nuclear policy...
Persian CAT   (08.14.10)
which was publicly announce by then president Rafsanjani was to be a "screwdriver" away from the bomb. That means Iran wants to have the capacity to assemble nukes in case it needs them. That policy is sound, non-threatening and above all legal. No country that is not a threat to Iran needs to be concerned. On the other hand the entire ME has been living under the Israeli nuke threat for decades, and we need to bring some equilibrium to this destabilizing Israeli threat. That's all.
18. #1 Terry, you should be thankful...
Persian CAT   (08.14.10)
that you, your family, your city and a lot of people in your country have not died in a devastating war of choice by your rulers, yet. If you still think that's "bad news", then there's something wrong with your psyche.
19. #12 la la la
ben Ish   (08.14.10)
Listen, if Israel did not have the defensive capability it has, including nuclear weapons, which hold the threat of destruction at bay, then Israel would long since have been eliminated entirely, and all the aggression which has been directed at Israel for the past 62 years would now be directed at YOU. Without Israel the target becomes *everyone* else, and your precious USA is -NEXT- on the list. Or do you think they are "just kidding" when they call you "The Great Satan"???? No. They are REAL people with REAL bombs, and they have no intention whatsoever to make peace with you. Their singular goal in life is to die in whatever attempt at killing you. Do you think lollipops and cotton candy will change their minds? You need to live in Sderot for awhile. If you are lucky you will learn. If we are lucky, you won't be.
20. Hi guys!
IRAN#1   (08.15.10)
R U awake or is this just a bad nightmare and not real. All these empty threats are creating a severe credebility crisis for the armchair and real zoinist hardliners.
21. Persian CAT #17
Brod ,   USA   (08.15.10)
Equilibrium? Far from it. Iran is hellbent on conquests and destructions of other countries in the region. Already they have conquered Lebanon and Gaza through their tentacles Hezbollah and Hamas. Already they have put Syria in their pocket. Turkey has already succumbed to them. And they would like to put Iraq in their pocket too through their tentacle-Al Madhi Army if it were not because of the presence of the American forces. And they have threatened repeatedly to wipe off Israel. Once they get their nukes, they will definitely carry out their evil plan of effecting a Holocaust on Israel. And once they get their nukes, the whole whole Islamist-Jihadist nations in the region will fall like a domino under their domination. And the American presence in the region will be vanquished.
22. Bushehr will make PLUTONIUM, enough for a bomb EVERY 2 WKS.
Moshe ,   Miami, USA   (08.15.10)
Natanz produces enriched uranium. Bushehr uses low enriched uranium but automatically turns that INTO plutonium as a biproduct. But plutonium doesn't need to be enriched. The plutonium needed for an atom bomb also weighs less and has smaller volume than the highly enriched uranium needed for an atom bomb. Therefore, plutonium is preferred over uranium for atom bombs put into missiles, and Iran has lots of missiles that can reach Israel. Don't believe what Iran says. The cut off date is August 21 when the nuclear fuel goes in. Begin was careful to bomb the Iraqi nuclear plant BEFORE nuclear fuel was loaded, to avoid spread of radiation. He also never asked permission from the US. Netanyahu has ONE WEEK to bomb Iran. Iran knows this and that is why they are acting hostile lately. Will Bibi do it? Of course not. There is not a hint of Israeli military activity of late and you can't hide an operation that big. Netanyahu is busy with all manner of nonsense, like trying to fire IDF head Ashkenazi, chasing after Livni and starting talks with the Palis. He obviously promised his mother, Obama, to be a good little boy and not bomb till after the US elections in November and by then it will be too late. Bibi is a little momma's boy who can't do anything without his mother. He is the schmoozer in chief always shlepping around and schmoozing with foreign leaders. He thinks the prime ministership is a post in the Foreign Ministry.
23. #7 Chris Rettenmoser
Albrecht Klein ,   Germany   (08.15.10)
Do you think, Israel can take out Bushehr and Iran will just sit by and watch? You can either completely destroy Iran and its aide or you can do nothing. The is no in-between.
24. #23, Albrecht Klein
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (08.15.10)
I think, that Israel can take out Busher as a first step in the process of the elimination of the whole of Irans nuke program. I believe, that the mullahs will be very very reluctant, to cross the treshold to a full blown military conflict with Israel, they know exactly, that America will be drawn in, and that this would be the end of their dirty games... Just remember Iraq and Syria, they were absolutely afraid to commit ANY attack on Israel after the destruction of their nuclear installations... The mullahs are the same COWARDS... Have they supported Hizbullah in 2006...??? Have they supportred Hamas durin "cast lead"...??? I mean not through weapons smuggling, but DIRECTLY...???
25. 3,2,1...
Michael ,   Canada   (08.16.10)
Israel - Act now before it is too late. G-d is with you.
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