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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Iran Begins Fueling First Civilian Nuclear Power Reactor -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News


WASHINGTON -- Iran has crossed a new nuclear threshold, but it's one the Obama administration isn't worried about.

On Saturday, technicians began loading low-enriched uranium fuel supplied by Russia into Iran's first civilian nuclear reactor, and if all goes smoothly, the Bushehr plant could start producing electricity under United Nations monitoring late this year or early next.

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More News On Iran's Nuclear Reactor

Iran starts nuclear reactor, says intent peaceful -- Yahoo News/AP
Russia helps Iran load fuel into its first nuclear plant -- Washington Post
Iran transfers fuel into its first nuclear power plant -- Yahoo News/AFP
Iran loads fuel to power up Bushehr nuclear reactor -- L.A. Times
Iran Loads Fuel Into Nuclear Power Plant -- Wall Street Journal
West jittery as Iran completes its first nuclear reactor -- Independent
Iran begins loading Bushehr nuclear reactor -- BBC
Russia Helps Iran Fuel Up First Nuclear Power Plant -- Voice of America
Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant a small threat to Israel, for now -- Haaretz
Experts: Iran not so close to bomb -- Ynet News
No 'risk' from Iran's Russian-built nuclear plant: US -- AFP
Mixed reaction to Iran's nuclear plant -- RTE News

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