Bushehr N. Power Plant Starts Operation

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Source: FARS

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's first nuclear power plant in the Southern port city of Bushehr officially started work on Sunday after months of testing and safety precautions.

FNA dispatches from Bushehr said that Iranian and Russian experts finished loading fuel into the heart of the power plant and that nuclear fuel consumption has started in the power plant, meaning that it is now running activity.

The plant will continue working for two weeks before it generates electricity.

The power plant will join the national grid by the next two months.

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Read more: http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9002191136

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This is too soon - they are risking disaster:

Russia warns of ‘Iranian Chernobyl' ... Russian scientists working at the plant have become so concerned by Iran's apparent disregard for nuclear safety issues that they have lobbied the Kremlin directly to postpone activation until at least the end of the year ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php/http:/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x271202

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1. French ambassador to IAEA: Bushehr NPP causes concern in context of global nuclear security

http://en.trend.az/news/politics/1872047.html

French ambassador to IAEA: Bushehr NPP causes concern in context of global nuclear security
06.05.2011 09:00

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 5 /Trend, T.Konyayeva/

Safety of the Bushehr nuclear power plant causes concern in the context of global nuclear security as Iran is not willing to be party to important conventions regulating nuclear activities, said permanent French ambassador to the IAEA Florence Mangin.

"Our concern in Iran and with Bushehr, is not a question of the reactor design, said Mangin. It is a matter of global safety environment, regulatory infrastructure and safety culture. Iran is the only country in the world ready to start a NPP without being a contracting party to the CNS."

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Mangin believes it is all the more difficult to understand why Iran is not willing to be party to these important Conventions. On a regular basis, parties to the CSN provide reports and undergo peer reviews of their safety performance.

"At a time when sharing best practices on nuclear safety is of utmost importance, this does not seem to be a good situation, she said. - And Iran contradicts itself, by stating that safety is a priority and that it should access any information on this topic without discrimination, and not joining the most important instruments to do so."

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[AtheistCrusader]

2. And the best part is

since SOME country meddled with their equipment (stuxnet), any major failures of equipment they can blame on SOME country, in the future.

What, the cooling systems failed and it melted down? (SOME COUNTRY) did it!

[Adsos Letter]

3. The Rule of Unintended Consequences

seems to drive much of History. You make an excellent point.