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Iran Goes Nuclear – Iranian FM Says Bushehr Nuclear Plant is Operational

05/18/2011 Leave a comment

“Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said that the Bushehr power plant is operational, Press TV reported on Wednesday.

‘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.” Read more.

New Secret Nuclear Site Discovered in Iran

04/07/2011 Leave a comment

“WASHINGTON – An exiled Iranian opposition group says its spies have found a major parts factory for Iran’s uranium enrichment machines, a critical part of Tehran’s secretive nuclear program.

The Mujahedeen-e Khalq said Thursday that over the past 4 1/2 years Iran’s Defence Ministry has secretly used a factory west of Tehran to produce parts for tens of thousands of enrichment centrifuges. These machines can make low-enriched uranium fuel for nuclear power plants or highly-enriched uranium for nuclear weapons.”  Read more.