Russia may build 7 more reactors for Iran - Russian Atomic Energy Minister [View All]

RUSSIA MAY BUILD SEVEN MORE REACTORS FOR IRAN-RUSSIAN ATOMIC ENERGY MINISTER

MOSCOW, December 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russia may build seven more nuclear reactors for Iran, to cost a total $10 billion, Alexander Rumyantsev, head of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency, has announced.

"The Iranian side is now holding negotiations with Russia and other countries over the implementation of this ambitious program," Mr. Rumyantsev said. "We believe that Iran needs such nuclear capacities to be used in its peaceful energy program."

According to the Russian official, the technological process of constructing nuclear reactors for Iran has been developed at Unit 3 of the Kalinin nuclear power plant, launched on Thursday, December 16.

"About 600 innovative technologies were used in building the Kalinin nuclear power plant's third unit. And most of them can be effectively used in the construction of the first unit of the Bushehr plant and new nuclear power stations of Iran," Mr. Rumyantsev said.
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And then there's this. I'm wondering - hoping? - whether "put on alert" would be better described as "deployed":

TOPOL-M REGIMENT PUT ON ALERT

VLASIKHA (Moscow Region), December 16 (RIA Novosti) - A fourth missile regiment, armed with new Topol-M silo-based missile systems, was put on alert, Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Nikolai Solovtsov told reporters.

"I can tell you that another regiment armed with Topol-M silo-based missiles has been put on full alert," he said and added that each regiment had 10 missile systems. The Strategic Missile Force currently has 40 silo-based missile systems on alert.

He also said that the force would continue to use Voyevoda missiles for another 10-15 years.

"A combat missile system equipped with Voyevoda missiles (classified as Satan in the West) can be used for another 10-15 years," he said, and therefore the Strategic Missile Forces will continue to use them for this period."

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