Comments on: Is Iran’s New Nuclear Power Plant Test Really Such a Threat?

By: WestGuard

WestGuard — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:32:37 +0000

Ahmadinejad, his religious police regime and their nuclear nightmare have all got to go, and the sooner the better.

By: antiNeocon

antiNeocon — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:21:44 +0000

I say enough is enough with the one dimentional black and white viewpoints.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/opinion/02cohen.html

By: ella

ella — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:16:49 +0000

Well, no, not every drop of uranium at Natanz is accounted for by the IAEA. Every drop of uraniom of which IAEA could get info about is accounted for by IAEA. The cameras at Natanz monitor only part of the complex.
CTG, you also forgot that your Khomeini had a fatwa against Iran having nuclear weapons, your khamenei changed it later.
Iran can be a power without nuclear bomb, but it seems to me that IRI is following an example of USSR – a lot of munitions, weak economy and a lot of propaganda. And we all know what happened to USSR.

By: Steveoh

Steveoh — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:53:59 +0000

No response from Rottass. To busy getting the new cleanser and broom out of the broom closet at that Nuclear power plant you mop the floors of everyday. A janitor at Indian point is not a nuclear scientist.

P.S. I have an original Trudeau Doonesbury cell on my wall. Although I might not always agree with his social commentary, his strip was based on the truths of human nature and often a fine satirical view of the real world around us and within us.

Mattias Kuentzel whom I am sure you have never read speaks the truth bravely.

You sir by your pompous comments are just an arrogant horses rear.

By: Steveoh

Steveoh — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:04:39 +0000

rotass: Perhaps the loss of my best friend at the hand of Islamic Terrorists on 9/11 and the loss of my beautiful 19 year old cousin (she was a wonderful young woman) fuel what you claim is “paranoia”. Your arrogance is astounding. Your reasoning non existent. May the unclenched fist of the Iranian regime come slap you or your loved ones someday. Wherever you live, you will be touched, someday. Someway. And then perhaps your arrogant ass will know what much of the world already knows. You deny the Basiji. The Children used as mineclearers. The stonings, the beheadings. Of course, a Moonbat ignores all of this as well as the regimes stated goals. Talk about comic books. You’re a joke. Go back to Koz land or Huff Po with your appeasement you giant skid mark!

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:31:34 +0000

The problem is the fuel for the reactor. INstead of using uranium which is highly toxic and can be converted to weapon grade materials, why isnt Thorium used as the fuel for nuclear reactors?

Thorium is a proven fuel, burns at higher temperature than either uranium or plutonium so both could be incernerated in a Thorium fueld reactor. Thorium is plentifull and exists worldwide, and is far safer to store and decays faster than uranium or plutonium.

The only drawback is Thorium cannot be converted to weapons grade. But thats probably why it isnt used.

By: Rotwang

Rotwang — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:15:33 +0000

21. Steveoh:

Mattias Kuentzel? Thanks, but I prefer “Doonesbury.”

How big a sucker ARE you?

By: Rotwang

Rotwang — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:03:55 +0000

21. Steveoh

ANYONE can make a nuclear bomb. Only an idiot would use a civilian generation program as cover.

However, I hope you enjoy your paranoia.

By: Steveoh

Steveoh — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:52:09 +0000

So enlighten us Rotwang. Mr. Nuclear scientist. With the help of Russia, and North Korea and other nations, in your expert opinion, Iran will never be able to create, arm and deliver a nuke? There is no threat now. In 2 years? 5 years? They openly call for the destruction of Israel, clearly have a nuclear program of which they boast about in the face of UN sanctions and you spend”NO time fretting over Iran’s nuclear program. Perhaps you are old, and without family and thus you feel no threat. Do a tad bit of research on the Mullah’s and the Basiji. Read Mattias Kuentzel and perhaps you’ll gain a better understanding of the serious threat Iran would become as a nuclear power.

And perhaps you have a few scientist buddies who can enlighten PJM readers about the dangers of global warming while you’re at it.

By: Rotwang

Rotwang — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:39:12 +0000

Oh, Christ. Sometimes the only advantage of having worked in the nuclear power business for 30 years is that I waste absolutely NO time fretting over Iran’s nuclear program.

This entire dialogue was hijacked years ago by people who believe that radiation creates giant ants, and that “dirty bombs” are anything more than a PR threat.

Seriously, there was more actual “nuclear science” in the Dr. Solar comic books of the ’60s than you’ll ever find here at PJM.