Iran's secret site is the missing piece in its nuclear puzzle

Iran's newly revealed second centrifuge plant hidden in a mountainside fits neatly into Tehran's nuclear program, as if it were a long-missing piece to a jigsaw puzzle that's almost complete.

That is because Western intelligence analysts and experts outside government have long suspected that if Iran wanted to produce fissile material for a nuclear weapon, it would have to do so at a hidden facility. Known Iranian nuclear sites are too closely ... Full Story »

Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Christian Science Monitor
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Posted by: via Christian Science Monitor - Sep 29, 2009 - 9:13 AM PDT
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by Derek Hawkins - Sep. 29, 2009

Not too deep, but an overall informative story on Iran's newly revealed nuclear facility. This echoes the point Scott Ritter made in today's Guardian -- that the existence of the Qom site should not come as a shocking revelation but a piece that fits what, it now appears, many officials already knew or believed to be true. This is also the only news story I've seen that devotes more than a sentence to the network of known nuclear sites in the country.

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by James Canning - Sep. 29, 2009

Good story but the author should have mentioned that Russia is supplying the nuclear fuel for the initial power plant at Bushehr, and Russia will keep control of the spent fuel. He might have mentioned that Iran says the new facility will enrich U-235 tol the maximum 5% purity appropriate for operating a power plant.

Russia has asked why the US and the UK did not let Russia know about this facility near Qom. The Russians want to prevent any Iranian nuclear ... More »

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by Fabrice Florin - Sep. 29, 2009

Informative report on Iran's hidden nuclear site, as well as its other facilities. This article is factual and fair, but doesn't provide a lot of sourcing or context. Helpful overview nonetheless.

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by Mary McFadden - Sep. 29, 2009

This piece is innuendo and speculation. The use of the word "suggest" means that there's not evidence, but that something might be something. This isn't a story.

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