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Iran Announces Plans to Build First Nuclear Submarine

OilPrice.com -- Iran has announced plans to start building its first ever nuclear submarine, a piece of advanced military technology that only the most powerful nations on earth are even able to construct; the interesting bit is that nuclear submarines just happen to run on uranium enriched to such a level that it can also double as the fuel source for a nuclear bomb.

Olli Heinonen, the former UN chief nuclear inspector, said that “such submarines often use HEU (highly enriched uranium),” yet due to the situation regarding Iran’s nuclear program, foreign nations will be reluctant to supply them with the HEU needed. Iran will then be able to “cite the lack of foreign fuel suppliers as further justification for continuing on its uranium enrichment path.”

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Submitted Jul 12, 2012 By: NOTSOGRN

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jimedB Veteran Author Riverside Posts:405 Points:79,990 Joined:Jun 2012	Message Posted: Jul 12, 2012 7:36:16 PM Ignore jimedB Report Abuse But I thought they keep telling the world they have no intensions of producing HEU. Guess this would give them a reason unless this is just another propoganda press release from their government and not true.
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GoGoGoodyear Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:2,053 Points:508,060 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Jul 12, 2012 7:17:07 PM Ignore GoGoGoodyear Report Abuse This seems to be propaganda talk by Iran, as another reason to justify why they need to continue their nuclear research... "see, it's not about bombs, we just wanna a wittle nuclear powered sub to play with..." Of course Iran knows none of the sympathetic countries would give them the technology, so now that becomes the excuse.
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FarmHillBarb Champion Author Florida Posts:1,242 Points:317,755 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Jul 12, 2012 6:55:49 PM Ignore FarmHillBarb Report Abuse always trying to outdo others...and hopefully as the article states, won't get enough HEU needed to build the subs.
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