A Russian official says a recent cyberattack on Iran’s atomic-energy program could have triggered a nuclear catastrophe on the scale of the Chornobyl disaster. Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s ambassador to NATO, said the virus that hit the computer system at Iran’s Bushehr reactor had caused centrifuges to spin out of control.
Posts Tagged ‘Bushehr’
Iran: Computer malware attacked nuclear plant
September 27th, 2010 |
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The head of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant has confirmed a computer worm infected some of the facility’s software, VOA reports.
Russia helps Iran fuel up first nuclear plant
August 22nd, 2010 |
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Russian and Iranian engineers have begun loading fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant. The plant is located in the southern city of Bushehr and both Russian and Iranian leaders insist Iran’s nuclear program is for peaceful purposes though many in the international community are suspicious.
Iran launches first nuclear power plant
August 21st, 2010 |
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Engineers in Iran began loading fuel into the country’s first nuclear power plant Saturday.
The facility is located in the southern city of Bushehr.
Russia to switch on Iran nuclear plant
August 20th, 2010 |
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Russia will switch on Iran’s first nuclear power plant as Moscow seeks to boost its global influence by acting as a power broker between Tehran and the West.
Russian nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko said the Bushehr reactor will open under international supervision.
Putin on Iranian nuclear power plant
March 19th, 2010 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Iran’s Russian-built nuclear power plant will be launched this summer. “The first reactor at Iran’s nuclear power plant in Bushehr is to be launched already in the summer,” Putin said.
The week ahead
March 7th, 2010 |
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Renewed diplomatic efforts over Iran’s nuclear activities
• AFTER Iran announced that its long-delayed Bushehr civilian nuclear plant will be operational within a few months, American diplomats will renew efforts to obtain further sanctions against the Islamic republic over its suspected efforts to build a nuclear bomb. Hillary Clinton, the American secretary of state, has been trying to persuade members of the UN Security Council, including Russia, which has been helping to build the Bushehr plant since 1995, to accept to a new round of sanctions against Iran. The country’s government refused to agree to a compromise plan for its uranium to be enriched in Russia.
• AMERICA’S vice-president, Joe Biden, tries again to untangle the knot that is Middle Eastern politics. He travels to the region on Monday March 8th and will meet the leaders of Israel, the Palestinian territories, Egypt and Jordan in an attempt to encourage the resumption of peace talks. George Mitchell, Barack Obama’s envoy, is adding his weight to efforts reopen negotiations. A recent row over historical holy sites has not helped to warm relations, as Israeli archaeologists in East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians see as their future capital, are intent on uncovering evidence of Jewish ties that could be used to undermine the Arab presence there. …
Iran Nuclear Reactor To Be Switched On This Year, With Russian Help: AP
July 22nd, 2009 |
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MOSCOW — Russian news agencies quote the country’s nuclear agency chief as saying a Russian-built nuclear power reactor in Iran is still set to be switched on this year.
State-run RIA-Novosti and ITAR-Tass quote Sergei Kiriyenko as sayi…
Rabbi Abraham Cooper: Must it be Business as Usual as the People of Iran Hang in the Balance?
July 20th, 2009 |
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Citizen lobbies and elected representatives have to ask this simple question: do we have to do business with people who do business with the Mullahs?