An Iranian worshipper chants 'death to America' during Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran January 27, 2006. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)Iran. The phrase "Digging their own grave" comes to mind.
An Iranian worshipper chants 'death to America' during Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran January 27, 2006. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)Well duh. Iran's not interested in nuclear energy except the kind released at detonation...
Tehran: What does America think about it? What? Then absolutely not!!!
SOURCE: The Myth of Iranian Nuclear Fuel Self Sufficiency
Setting economics aside, even if speculative uranium deposits in Iran are assumed and included, Iran is not close to possessing sufficient uranium to fuel seven 1000 MWe for their lifetime. It is thus impossible for Iran to avoid dependence on a foreign supplier for its uranium fuel. Iran does not have enough uranium to fuel its planned reactors. Known uranium (1,427) + speculative (13,850) = 15,277 tons U. Assume Bushehr burns 22 tons of LEU annually, Iran’s stated nuclear plans show Iran will run out of uranium for its plants in 1 year with proven reserves and 10 years with proven and speculative reserves.
Global Estimated Uranium Reserves
Nuclear power plants
SOURCE: Russia’s Domestic Uranium Consumption and Stockpiles
Russia exports 16,000t of uranium each year, and uses 8,000-8,500t to produce nuclear fuel.[6] As of December 2000 it was estimated that Russian nuclear power stations used between 3,000t and 4,500t of uranium annually with an additional 2,200t committed to fuel Soviet-built reactors in the NIS and Eastern Europe. Approximately 1,000t is used to produce submarine fuel.[8,9,25]Russia relies heavily on its large uranium stockpile to make up the difference between the uranium it annually exports and uses domestically (24,000-24,500t) and the uranium it annually mines (2,000-2,500t). Russia's stockpiles are equivalent to 500,000t of low-enriched uranium (LEU) . This figure takes into account 1,400t of highly enriched uranium (HEU) which is equivalent to 420,000t of LEU added to 80,000t of uranium that has been stockpiled over the years.[8]
Minatom plans to increase the number of civilian nuclear plants over the next 20 years and expand nuclear energy production, which would increase domestic consumption of uranium.[8] Viktor Ivanov, a spokesman for the Russian National Industrial Technology Research and Design Institute, stated in June 2000 that Russia will use approximately 10,000t of uranium annually beginning in 2010.[3]
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Russian uranium exports come from three sources: uranium that is mined, uranium from stockpiles, and LEU that is downblended from HEU under the US-Russia HEU Deal. The last year statistics for Russian uranium exports were made public was in 1996, when approximately 16,000t was exported.[10] In December 2000, the director of Russia's Geologorazvedka State Research and Production Enterprise said that export volume remains at 16,000t.[10] According to the French company Cogema, Russia accounts for 40% of uranium supply to European countries.[10] Russia began exporting uranium in the mid-1970s to France, Spain, Great Britain, Belgium, and Germany. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, export to South Korea and the United States began.[11]
This plan will NOT stop Iran from developing nukes.
Iran will accept the plan at the last minute.
Iran will develop nukes.
We need to bomb them, nothing else will work.