Rooting for Bushehr

Fred
by Fred
22-Aug-2010
 

Russian technicians have begun inserting the fuel rods; the final step in firing up the Russian built and supplied nuclear plant in Bushehr on the Persian Gulf.

The efficacy of nuclear power plant in an earthquake prone country is not the point her. Neither is the unanswered question to the why to produce electricity would a “government” which sits on oceans of gas and oil would spend astronomical sums to import outdated nuclear technology, its tools, fuel and technicians to do the job.

Of course nothing needs to be said about the absurdity of a system which relies on most of its earnings coming from export of unrefined oil and yet needs to import 40% of its refined oil in the form of gasoline, a strategic weakness if there ever was one.  

Given the nature and track record of IRR, as far as power generation is concerned, expressing happiness over the highly uneconomical, environmentally dangerous and international suspect Bushehr becoming operational does not make sense.

It is as though a mass murdering rapist takes over a house surrounded by cops with itchy fingers.  While he is raping some of the hostages in their own home, torturing and killing their kin’s, out of the household’s account he pays a greedy contractor to finish the half complete asinine shoddy structural fortification project on the house.

Does it make sense for few of the hostages to go gaga for the completion of the asinine project?   

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AMIR1973

"Sargord"

by AMIR1973 on Sun Aug 22, 2010 06:59 AM PDT

the Qiam-1 SSM, the Karrar UCAV, just to name a few.

I'll name a few more: the  Saeqeh advanced fighter plane and the Photoshopped Advanced Missile (PAM). Would you know if the Photoshopping of that missile launch was done by "indigenous" technology or did they need the help of Russian engineers inspired by North Korean models? Cheers  :-) 

BTW, why does such a technologically advanced regime have such a pathetically low infant mortality rate and longevity ranking among nations? 


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YeahLikeWhatEver

P.S. Question

by YeahLikeWhatEver on Sun Aug 22, 2010 06:34 AM PDT

Whilst other countries are trying to figure out how to transfer solar/hybrid etc. energy across the land, what are these people up to?

So much for self-sufficiency!

 

"Last night I drowned in a puddle"


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ComraidsConcubine

Thanks, Fredsy

by ComraidsConcubine on Sun Aug 22, 2010 05:48 AM PDT

 "Of course nothing needs to be said about the absurdity of a
system which relies on most of its earnings coming from export of
unrefined oil and yet needs to import 40% of its refined oil in the
form of gasoline, a strategic weakness if there ever was one. "

I kept thinking, 'no it can't be, really, am I missing something...'

che midoonam ina chi migan o chi kar mikonan....It just does my head in!

Some ideas are so stupid that only an intellectual could believe them. - Orwell


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reader1

A valid point but perhaps this is the price a nation ...

by reader1 on Sun Aug 22, 2010 05:10 AM PDT

...  has to pay for being proud and  independent of the superpowers. I paste my comments to a YouTube video on the banner section of this site regarding this subject:

Real cost: $1000 per kW-h?

If this reactor had been built under normal circumstances  the cost
should have been between  11.1 - 14.5 Cents per kilo watt hour of
electricity produced.  I don’t know how much Iranians pay for their
electricity,  my guess is probably under one cent/KW-h.  One does not
need to be an expert to do a simple calculation to come up with a figure
of well over $1000 per kW/H of electricity produced by this reactor.
The construction, running and disposal cost are meniscus compared  to
the  cost to the economy as a result of international isolation and
sanction.  May be that is a price a nation has to pay for being
independent of the super powers. I do not know, but I know well that a
better result could have achieved if our Mullas had  been blessed with
better intelligence and some basic international political brinkmanship.


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Sargord Pirouz

LOL, good one Q. It's been a

by Sargord Pirouz on Sun Aug 22, 2010 03:29 AM PDT

LOL, good one Q.

It's been a rough week for FredCo, what with all the new achievements coming out of Iran: Bushehr starting up, the Qiam-1 SSM, the Karrar UCAV, just to name a few.

And the US poured cold water on the "imminent" nuke threat, while absolutely no regime change is looking feasible for the foreseeable future.

Bummer days for FredCo.


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Q

It's not "uneconomical" thanks to sanctions!

by Q on Sun Aug 22, 2010 02:57 AM PDT

There was a perfectly good ecnomic case for a high-subsidy nation like Iran, to free up more oil for export. But now after sanctions, it will be cheaper than importing gasoline (most power plants in Iran run on it).

How long will Israelis continue inserting fuel rods into FredCo?


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