December 17, 2007
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Bush supports Russian shipments of nuclear fuel to Iran
"If the Russians are willing to do that, which I support, then the Iranians do not need to learn how to enrich. If the Iranians accept that uranium for a civilian nuclear power plant, then there's no need for them to learn how to enrich."
Once they have the uranium, however, how easy is it to weaponize it?
"Bush backs nuclear fuel supply to Iran," from the Jerusalem Post (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist):
US President George W. Bush said on Monday he supported Russian shipments of nuclear fuel to Iran for civilian power, saying they proved that Teheran has no need to enrich uranium.
"If the Russians are willing to do that, which I support, then the Iranians do not need to learn how to enrich. If the Iranians accept that uranium for a civilian nuclear power plant, then there's no need for them to learn how to enrich," Bush said
Iran received the first shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia on Monday for its Bushehr reactor, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
Russia has been assisting the Iranians in the construction of the nuclear power plant.
This has been going on for a long time now. The fact is that it would be safer to supply Iran will non-weapons grade nuclear fuel than allow them to enrich fuel on their own. It's much easier to crack down on their nuclear bomb making program if non-weapons grade fuel is provided because then every piece of evidence of nuclear enrichment will be proof that Iran is trying to enrich their uranium to a weapons grade level.
Of course I'd rather not provide them with anything, but if Iran abandons its enrichment activities, that would definitely be a large step in the right direction.
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