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Iran Opens Its First Nuclear Power Plant
pickens writes "VOA reports that Russian and Iranian engineers have begun loading fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant located in the southern city of Bushehr amid international fears that Iran will use the facility to make nuclear weapons, a charge both Tehran and the Kremlin vehemently deny. Officials say it will take about two to three months for the plant to start producing electricity once all of the fuel rods have been moved into the reactor. The production capacity of the plant will initially be 500 megawatts, but will eventually increase to 1,000 megawatts. Earlier this year, Washington criticized Russia for going ahead with the planned opening of the plant amid global disagreement and concern over Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program. Moscow did, however, back a fourth round of sanctions against Tehran, which called for Iran to stop uranium enrichment."
It's not a nuclear plant. It's just a bunch of camels running on treadmills.
I'm not sure if I should be happy that a more sensible energy source is being used, or if I should give into the fearmongering... so... I'll break out into song!
And Iran...
Iran's so far away.
I plus ran.
They claim they have no gays...
I don't know what to say.
Or French. No, wait. No chance of that!
r = kilograms of radioactive material available to Iran
b = number of people in the Iranian regime who believe that low cut blouses cause earthquakes
m = monetary value of equipment and explosives supplied during the past 40 years to groups who use it to build IEDs and suicide bomb vests
d = r x b x m
d = percent increase in the odds that a dirty bomb (not a fission or fusion weapon) will be detonated in Israel or the US sometime in the next 5 years
Feel free to prove, disprove, or edit as necessary.