| Posted: Lumina @ Sat Aug 21, 2010 7:33 pm |
Iran starts nuclear reactor, says intent peaceful
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer Ali Akbar Dareini
BUSHEHR, Iran – Trucks rumbled into Iran's first reactor Saturday to begin loading tons of uranium fuel in a long-delayed startup touted by officials as both a symbol of the country's peaceful intentions to produce nuclear energy as well as a triumph over Western pressure to rein in its nuclear ambitions.
The Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant will be internationally supervised, including a pledge by Russia to safeguard it against materials being diverted for any possible use in creating nuclear weapons. Iran's agreement to allow the oversight was a rare compromise by the Islamic state over its atomic program. Yahoo News
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