Bushehr Ready to collect Uranium Fuel Rods in Mid-October

Head of the Atomic Energy organization of Iran (AEOI) told reporters Sunday the ground is being ready to load uranium fuel rods into the reactor’s core in the near future. He dismissed media reports on the spoil caused by a Trojan virus named Stuxnet. Salehi said only a few personal computers of some staff were infected with the virus and the general system was not harmed. The nuclear chief further explained detecting a small leakage at the main core of the reactor, which was quickly sealed, caused recent delay for the opening of Bushehr plant.

‘During the Bushehr power plant's washing progression a leak was discovered at the side pool of the reactor and it was plugged. This leakage postponed the behavior of the plant for a few days,’ Salehi said. Iran’s successful launch of its first nuclear reactor would boost electricity manufacture by 1000 megawatts once the plant reaches its maximum output. Tehran plans to build ten extra nuclear power plants within next few years.

United States views oil and gas-rich Iran's autonomy in the field of nuclear technology, posing a direct threat to its own interests in the region. Western countries ever since the end of WWII and up until recently have been able to take advantage of the region's fit technological backwardness to access cheap oil and gas and boost their industrial economies.