Sunday, February 22, 2009

Iran plans to test nuclear plant

A nuclear plant in the Persian Gulf is scheduled to be tested on Wednesday, but without enriched uranium, according to Iranian media.

The news is a worry for the United States and the rest of the West, but a source of pride for Iran, which recently launched a satellite.

Iran announced Sunday that it would turn on its Russian-built 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in the Persian Gulf city of Bushehr for a test run Wednesday.

Coming on the heels of Iran's satellite launch earlier this month and reports of its accumulation of a crucial supply of enriched uranium, signs of apparent progress at Bushehr are an enormous source of pride for Iranians and a major worry for the West.
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D. Brian Blackwell

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