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Iran plans up to 10 reactors Iran has been examining a proposal to construct up to 10 nuclear reactors. The plan comes as work on Iran's first nuclear reactor has been hampered by labor protests. Iranian officials said the plan, drafted in parliament and examined by the government, would follow up the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power reactor. The plan called for the construction of an additional nine nuclear reactors after Bushehr. So far, Iran has been discussing the construction of additional reactors with Russia, the prime contractor of the Bushehr project. Moscow was said to have agreed in principle to construct an additional three reactors in Iran as well as a second reactor unit at Bushehr. The $1 billion Bushehr reactor is said to be between 80 and 90 percent complete. Iran has said the facility would be operational in 2006 while Russia said the reactor could be on-line in 2005. Officials said the construction of additional reactors has become feasible with Iran's acquisition of expertise and equipment required to complete the nuclear fuel cycle. They said Iran was capable of doing everything from mining uranium to producing enriched uranium through gas centrifuges. On Oct. 24, a parliamentary delegation toured a uranium conversion facility in Isfahan to examine Iran's nuclear capabilities. The delegation expressed support for the establishment of a network of nuclear power reactors to ensure Iran's energy needs over the next 20 years. Kamal Daneshyar, chairman of parliament's energy committee, has called on the government to construct an additional nine nuclear power plants in Iran. Daneshyar said the added facilities would ensure that Iran could produce at least 10 million megawatts of electricity per year from nuclear energy. The parliamentary chairman said the government was being pressed to issue tenders for the construction of nine nuclear reactors. He said international companies would be invited to submit bids. Officials said parliament would become more active in Iran's nuclear program. They said parliamentarians would tour nuclear sites in an effort to accelerate government and parliamentary decisions. The discussion on additional nuclear power plants came amid protests by laborers at the Bushehr nuclear facility. Bushehr workers have said they haven't been paid their salaries, Iranian media reported. On Oct. 22, Iranian security forces disrupted a labor protest at Bushehr. The ILNA news agency said authorities dismissed some of the protesters and transferred others. The labor dispute at Bushehr has been submitted to the Labor Ministry. But Isa Kamali, secretary of the Bushehr Labor Association, said the ministry was blocked from investigating the complaints because of the classified nature of the nuclear reactor project. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
