FYI.
The coming of the end of the Mass Murdering Mullahs in Iran and their nuclear weapon sites.
An Isreal strike will come. After Bush wins.
The Mohammedan world will really go ga-ga if this takes place.
I figure the bombing will take place on or shortly after Nov. 3.
Heavy water production is centered in Arak. Heavy water is used to moderate nuclear fission in reactors.
Heavy water is only required in Canadian type reactors or commonly called heavy water reactors. For US type (Westinghouse, Babcock & Wilcox, CE [ABB], and GE) and most other types of reactors, heavy water is not required. A heavy water moderated reactor does allow the use of natural uranium (that is non-enriched uranium to be used .711 percent or so U-235 - the good stuff) as opposed to enriched uranium (typically on the order of 3%+ for a standard US reactor). Therefore since Iran is manufacturing D2O, it would appear that they are keeping the option open to build reactors that wouldn't require enriched uranium to operate (in the event their enrichment facilities are "lost" or they can't get a supply of enriched uranium). You do need hydrogen isotopes (deuterium and tritium) if you are going to make a thermonuclear device (H bomb). Tritium can be made by bombarding Li - they couldn't be thinking H bomb too - could they?
A 1000-megawatt reactor on the Persian Gulf coast built by the Russians under contract. This reactor should have started by now. The used fuel from the Bushehr reactor will provide Uranium for many, many bombs and missiles.
The spent fuel from a reactor will not provide uranium, it will only provide plutonium. This means that Iran is also planning on developing plutonium weapons in addition to uranium weapons, assuming they have the reprocessing facilities and plan to run the reactor in a manner to produce the best plutonium isotope (Pu-239 versus the neutron absorbers). Uranium enrichment is used to produce U-235 that can be used in uranium weapons - which is why it is so very important that we got all of Qaddafi's equipment. You don't need a reactor to make a uranium device.
With that said however, I wasn't aware of the investment that Iran had made into their nuclear program. If they are building facilities for uranium enrichment, heavy water production, fuel reprocessing, and reactors, they are very serious about a number of paths to produce both uranium and plutonium weapons. These facilities and associated processes are not for a peaceful nuclear program in an oil and natural gas rich region. This simply can't happen. These facilities must be taken out in the short term and the government changed in the long term. We (including Israel and the remainder of the sane, free world) need to step up to the plate now. Regardless of the spread of radioactive contamination and civilian deaths, we are at this point now and it must be stopped. Iranian leadership has already stated what they will do with weapons - and they're not a real sane bunch at the top. This will lead directly to our citizens being killed in much larger scale than on 9/11.
Good article. Thanks.
I think it would be best to wait until the reactors are fully fueled.
Shhhhhhhhh! I want it to be a surprise.
Hell, if there is such a thing as a "help Israel" fund, I would be happy to contribute monetarily to this acquisition.
Why the "ho hum" attitude? Israel has not been known to commit barbaric acts agains someone who is not an active enemy. Ever. And I do not expect them ever to.
Next puzzling "crisis", please?
Hmm, from the look of this, GW may not be able to wait until Nov. 3 or 4.
This goes nicely with our conversations of the last few weeks.
And North Korea's assets must be taken out on same day. It is maddness to let either one of these two regimes continue their development.
Also we do not want the MSM's talking about this till after election.
OH OH Something is up stupid elite media is sleep
OH OH
I wonder how many sorties they will fly against the nuclear facilities alone? 2,000 lber after 2,000 lber after 2,000 lber in the same location will eventually get the job done, regardless the bunker...
Why the heck are they doing that....
"ISRAEL ARMING TO STRIKE IRAN"
Sometimes $h!t happens! So, who ya gonna call?
BUNKER BUSTERS!
