Just wondering why some of the 'protest' signs were written in English...
Iran on Monday celebrated the one-year anniversary of the country's first success in enriching uranium, as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prepared to announce new progress in the key process that the United Nations has demanded Iran halt.
Experts say the Natanz plant needs between 50,000 to 60,000 centrifuges to consistently produce fuel for a reactor or build a warhead.
In the enrichment process, uranium gas is pumped into a "cascade" of thousands of centrifuges, which spin the gas at supersonic speeds to purify it. Uranium enriched to a low level, at least 3 percent, can be used as fuel, while at a far higher level, more than 90 percent, it can be used to build a weapon.
Iran currently has two cascades of 164 centrifuges each operating at an aboveground portion of the Natanz facility in central Iran. The two cascades have produced small quantities of non-weapons grade enriched uranium, U.N. nuclear inspectors have said.
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I wouldn't dought IRAN starts building Nuclear power plants soon.
If they do I'd say that would be a smart Idea. Maybe the American Socialist Left should take note.
Klatu,
What should the socialist left take note of.
That the people in Iran want to have the same rights to develop nuclear energy as we have?
Can they be trusted?
If you lived in Iran how would you feel about it?
Living in the US how do you feel about it.
Is what you feel is fair, the same as what you feel is in your best interest?
How much does trust and fear play a role in how you feel?
Coboble: The USA should be using Nuclear Power 100% of the time.
The Country should start building Nuclear Power Plants Again.
Ps Coboble: Ever heard of "THE AMERO"?
THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION?
klatu,
I may be inclined to agree with you.
Years ago, before we were really ready, there were some poorly implemented Nuclear Power plants. This set a bad precedence.
We may be ready now (I don't know for certain.)
But what I was trying to get at is what the real split is, in how people feel about other countries developing the technology.
If I lived in another country, I would want my country to develop it. HOwever, as a citizen of the US I have some fear as to how it would be used if developed by certain countries.
Fear is not always irrational.
In fact, fear of being taken over by another country, if we allow that country the freedom to develop what they want, is perfectly rational, based on the history of our species.
I won't even claim it is wrong.
But I do have a conflict between what I believe is fair, and what is in my best interest (and in the best interest of those I love).
What does the North American Union have to do with this?
(I often miss correlations which should be obvious to me and see correlations that are not obvious to anyone else).
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