U.S. allowed to bid on Iran nuclear facility

FranchiseBlade · Dec 12, 2005

Iran: U.S. can bid on nuclear plant

Sunday, December 11, 2005 Posted: 1305 GMT (2105 HKT)

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran will allow one of its fiercest critics, the United States, to bid on the construction of a nuclear plant, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Sunday in his weekly press briefing.

Hamid Reza Asefi said the United States can take part in international bidding to build the plant at Darkhoin in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, if it meets standards and quality expectations, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported.

Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said Saturday the construction phase of the 360-megawatt light water nuclear plant had begun, Fars reported.

That plant, he said, will use fuel manufactured in Iran by Iranian specialists -- something that would involve the enrichment of uranium. The United States and the European Union have claimed Iran intends to enrich uranium to build nuclear weapons and have threatened to take Iran to the United Nations Security Council over its uranium enrichment program.
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/11/iran.nuclear/
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Wouldn't this be a good way to ensure that it is used for power and not weaponry? Wouldn't this be a step that the U.S. can take that might prevent military conflict, or at least give us a better chance of getting the intel correct this time?

It seems proactive and something we can do to prevent a potentially huge problem.

white lightning · Dec 12, 2005

FranchiseBlade said:

Wouldn't this be a good way to ensure that it is used for power and not weaponry? Wouldn't this be a step that the U.S. can take that might prevent military conflict, or at least give us a better chance of getting the intel correct this time?

It seems proactive and something we can do to prevent a potentially huge problem.
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They might invite us to bid, but I don't see them letting us in there to build it.

OldManBernie · Dec 12, 2005

FranchiseBlade said:

Wouldn't this be a good way to ensure that it is used for power and not weaponry? Wouldn't this be a step that the U.S. can take that might prevent military conflict, or at least give us a better chance of getting the intel correct this time?

It seems proactive and something we can do to prevent a potentially huge problem.
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Just because they allow us to build the plant, that doesn't mean they'll allow our government to perform inspections throughout the country.

insane man · Dec 12, 2005

maybe the US can learn something and stop no-bid contracts...

vwiggin · Dec 12, 2005

Eeeeeexxxxcellent.....

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