Posted on Nov 12, 2016
Bombshell: President Of Argentina Says Obama Secretly Sought Nuclear Fuel For Iran - Truth And...
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@CPT Jack Durish,
I am not in a position to confirm this story, but permit me to address a plausible scenario.
But first, a few questions.
One, is it OK (meaning in our USA’s best interests) for the people of Iran to have electrical power produced and distributed to their homes, schools, communities, and industries?
If so, is it OK for some of Iran's electrical power to be generated from a commercial nuclear power plant (CNPP), such as Bushehr, in accordance with international accords and United Nations agreements related to Iran and the peaceful usage of nuclear power?
If commercial nuclear power generation of electricity in Iran is OK, is it then OK for Iran to mine, separate, and enrich uranium for their nuclear power plants?
The answer: No, since further enrichment of that uranium for the CNPPs may, theoretically, be utilized for nuclear weapons programs, unless strict IAEA monitoring and onsite inspections are in place.
So, if it is OK for Iran to have CNPPs, but not to have a domestic industrial capacity to fuel the CNPP, where should they get the nuclear reactor fuel? From one of the UN Security Council permanent members, who are also negotiating with Iran to sharply curb Iran’s nuclear capabilities; or from an outside source with nuclear fuel production capability, such as Argentina? Then once that nuclear fuel is purchased by Iran, can that used CNPP fuel be returned for reprocessing, rather than leaving it in Iran for potential reprocessing and extraction of the generated plutonium?
By 2010, the timeframe this article refers to, Russia indeed delivered nuclear fuel to Bushehr, but it had not yet been loaded into the reactor. That fuel was loaded in August 2010. Under the Nuclear Framework, once used, the fuel is to be returned to Russia for reprocessing.
But that discussion is about CNPP and Bushehr, not the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR).
The TRR was originally constructed by the USA in the 1960’s under the Atoms for Peace program, when Iran was a key US ally. After the Iranian Revolution, the US cut off the supply of High Enriched Uranium to Iran for the Tehran Research Reactor. In the late 1980’s, Iran signed a contract with Argentina to convert the TRR from high enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium; and Argentina supplied the low-enriched uranium fuel.
By 2012, Iran had developed it’s own low-enriched uranium fuel production capability, and refueled its TRR with domestically-produced nuclear fuel.
The bottom line: is it plausible that a high-level US government official approached high-level government officials in Argentina regarding refueling the TRR, at a time when the USG and the permanent nations of the UN Security Council (plus Germany) was negotiating to limit Iran’s nuclear enrichment capabilities?
My opinion: In 2010, the USG would have been very wrong not to seek feasible alternatives to Iran developing its own nuclear enrichment production capacity.
I am not in a position to confirm this story, but permit me to address a plausible scenario.
But first, a few questions.
One, is it OK (meaning in our USA’s best interests) for the people of Iran to have electrical power produced and distributed to their homes, schools, communities, and industries?
If so, is it OK for some of Iran's electrical power to be generated from a commercial nuclear power plant (CNPP), such as Bushehr, in accordance with international accords and United Nations agreements related to Iran and the peaceful usage of nuclear power?
If commercial nuclear power generation of electricity in Iran is OK, is it then OK for Iran to mine, separate, and enrich uranium for their nuclear power plants?
The answer: No, since further enrichment of that uranium for the CNPPs may, theoretically, be utilized for nuclear weapons programs, unless strict IAEA monitoring and onsite inspections are in place.
So, if it is OK for Iran to have CNPPs, but not to have a domestic industrial capacity to fuel the CNPP, where should they get the nuclear reactor fuel? From one of the UN Security Council permanent members, who are also negotiating with Iran to sharply curb Iran’s nuclear capabilities; or from an outside source with nuclear fuel production capability, such as Argentina? Then once that nuclear fuel is purchased by Iran, can that used CNPP fuel be returned for reprocessing, rather than leaving it in Iran for potential reprocessing and extraction of the generated plutonium?
By 2010, the timeframe this article refers to, Russia indeed delivered nuclear fuel to Bushehr, but it had not yet been loaded into the reactor. That fuel was loaded in August 2010. Under the Nuclear Framework, once used, the fuel is to be returned to Russia for reprocessing.
But that discussion is about CNPP and Bushehr, not the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR).
The TRR was originally constructed by the USA in the 1960’s under the Atoms for Peace program, when Iran was a key US ally. After the Iranian Revolution, the US cut off the supply of High Enriched Uranium to Iran for the Tehran Research Reactor. In the late 1980’s, Iran signed a contract with Argentina to convert the TRR from high enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium; and Argentina supplied the low-enriched uranium fuel.
By 2012, Iran had developed it’s own low-enriched uranium fuel production capability, and refueled its TRR with domestically-produced nuclear fuel.
The bottom line: is it plausible that a high-level US government official approached high-level government officials in Argentina regarding refueling the TRR, at a time when the USG and the permanent nations of the UN Security Council (plus Germany) was negotiating to limit Iran’s nuclear enrichment capabilities?
My opinion: In 2010, the USG would have been very wrong not to seek feasible alternatives to Iran developing its own nuclear enrichment production capacity.
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Jack, it false and simply all I did is research all news in Spanish, reference nuclear fuels for Iran. If you can read Spanish you can verify for your self.
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this is an old one ... he has been brokering for the Iranians for years and supporting the Muslim Brother for a decade...
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