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Large-Scale Uranium Enrichment Probable In Iran Says Russian Expert
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 16, 2006 Iran will be able to create powerful facilities to enrich uranium within a few years, a Russian nuclear expert said Wednesday. Iran is at the center of an ongoing international dispute over its nuclear program, which it insists is aimed purely at producing nuclear-generated electricity, despite accusations that the program has military goals. Viktor Mikhailov, Russia's ex-nuclear minister, said: "The country can build such facilities in five or six years, after overcoming a difficult path, full of obstacles." Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced at a press conference in Tehran Tuesday the country is planning to build 60,000 gas centrifuges to enrich uranium. Iran may face tough sanctions by the UN Security Council for its refusal to halt nuclear enrichment activities. Russia, which is building a $1 billion nuclear power plant in Iran, has consistently supported the country's right to nuclear power under the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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Swedish Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down For Weeks After Fire
Stockholm (AFP) Nov 14, 2006A Swedish nuclear reactor was shut down, possibly for weeks, after a transformer at a power plant caught fire, but no one was injured, Sweden's nuclear energy authority and news reports said Tuesday. "A fire in the Ringhals 3 reactor took place near midnight (2300 GMT Monday)," the Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate said in a statement on its website. "The reactor was shut down on an emergency basis, and all security systems worked as they should have." |
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