NUCLEAR

don't worry

so let say thousands of kids who live close proximity of nuclear reactor die,
who cares? in the mamlekat shaid parvar nab mohammadi life is meaningless commodity! Have you not figured that out yet?
Nuclear energy is complete waste of money and quite a poor option for a country like Iran that is washed in sea of oil and Gas
(Second largest gas resources in the world after Russia)
this is about building nuclear bomb and nothing else.

Write this for the English readers

You should write this for the English readers that have been enjoying the technology for a long time. We are just beginning and no, Iranians will not stop their home grown technology because people like you are out there!

The argument and message of

The argument and message of this article (opinion) is that you should not walk, for you may fall and break your leg. And you should not drive a car, for youy may have an accident, etc. Some must assume Iranians to be really dumb to write such commentaries and with such reasonings. What's more interesting is nothing is being said about other countries which have nuclear power plants, and also active secret and un-checked nuclear weapons & programs on the side and against NPT & IAEA.

Future of Nuclear Weapons Across the Globe

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The best role that Iran can play in the global nuclear theatre is to work as a reliable and credible broker between all the nuclear powers across the world to help ged rid of their nuclear arsenals piece meal by piece meal until the globe becomes literally free from the nuclear arsenal with great accuracy and transparency hopefully by the end of 2062-- This is the role I envision for the Imperial Iran to play as a positive role model for humanity and its long run security and well being--otherwise with the current speedy rate of nuclear weapon proliferation one can see in a foreseeable future where each little neighborhood is pointing with its recenly acquired nuke at its next neighborhood
to settle issues over the turf war and over clear demarcation of the line of territory--

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Trust but verify-- Ronald Reagan

Future of Nuclear Weapons Across the Globe

The best role that Iran can play in the global nuclear theatre is to work as a reliable and credible broker between all the nuclear powers across the world to help ged rid of their nuclear arsenals piece meal by piece meal until the globe becomes literally free from the nuclear arsenal with great accuracy and transparency hopefully by the end of 2062-- This is the role I envision for the Imperial Iran to play as a positive role model for humanity and its long run security and well being--otherwise with the current speedy rate of nuclear weapon proliferation one can see in a foreseeable future
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where each little neighborhood is pointing with its recenly acquired nuke at its next neighborhood
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to settle issues over the turf war and over clear demarcation of the line of territory--

Trust but verify-- Ronald Reagan

Future of Nuclear Weapons Across the Globe

The best role that Iran can play in the global nuclear theatre is to work as a reliable and credible broker between all the nuclear powers across the world to help ged rid of their nuclear arsenals piece meal by piece meal until the globe becomes literally free from the nuclear arsenal with great accuracy and transparency hopefully by the end of 2062-- This is the role I envision for the Imperial Iran to play as a positive role model for humanity and its long run security and well being--otherwise with the current speedy rate of nuclear weapon proliferation one can see in a foreseeable future where each little neighborhood is pointing with its recenly acquired nuke at its next neighborhood to settle issues over the turf war and over clear demarcation of the line of territory--

Trust but verify-- Ronald Reagan

Future of Nuclear Weapons across the Globe

The best role that Iran can play in the global nuclear theatre is to work as a reliable and credible broker between all the nuclear power across the world to ged rid of their nuclear arsenals piece meal by piece meal until the globle become literally free from the nuclear arsenal with great accuracy and transparency-- This is the role I envision for the Imperial Iran to play as a positive role model for humanity and his well being--

Trust but verify-- Ronald Reagan

Thanks Mammad for your informative writing (RE: Nuclear Energy)

Mammad,
In the comment right before yours, with my limited knowledge of the issue, I also indicated that perhaps one should look at the BENEFITS of nuclear energy as well before drawing any conclusions. Since you seem to have a good handle on the issue, perhaps you can shed some light on that aspect also. At any event, thanks for your good article.
"We don't expect less from an Iranian"

regards,
A/B

Nuclear Energy

Jenaab-e Mehmaneche:

It is always good to provide the public with information about an important subject. Therefore, from this perspective, your article can be valuable. At the same time though, whether nuclear energy is useful and benefitial or not is a highly specialized/scientific subject. To the extent that I am familiar with your writings, you simply do not have the expertise to speak with such "authority" on an extremely complex subject, such as nuclear energy.

Every year, 17000 people die in Tehran alone, whose cause of death is directly or indirectly connected to the use of fossil energy. Air pollution, caused primarily by fossil energy,
has polluted Iran's water resources. Iran is losing a great source of income by burning over 200 million barrels of oil every year to supply 20% of its electricity. Just compute how much income that represents, if you assume that the net profit for a barrel of Iran's oil is $75 (which, in fact, is much higher).

At the same time take, coal, for example. A recent scientific article in a prestigious science journal published the results of a long-running research that showed that the amount of radiation by the ash and soot that result from burning oil is ten times - that is right, TEN TIMES - larger than radiation by uranium in a nuclear reactor. France supplies 80% of its electricity by nuclear power plant. Why is there not a mass movement in France against this, if nuclear power plants are so dangerous? The French people are not aware of this?

Every year, 50,000 people die on US highways as a result of accidents. Every year, 100,000 people are killed in the US by homicide. Each time there is an aircrash, a large number of people die. Does that mean that travelling by air or by car is dangerous and must be stopped.

At least 650,000 innocent Iraqi have died because their country has oil and was invaded illegally by the US. Dr. Mossaddegh's government was overthrown because Iran has oil, and how much blood has been spilled ever since that? Can we honestly say that the million dead and injured that we had during the Iran/Iraq war had nothing to do with this?

Should I go on like this?

At the same time, some of your statements are not correct. It is NOT true that one does not know what to do with nuclear wastes produced by a reactor. Every nation that has nuclear power plant REPROCESSES the wastes and uses it again. This is done to the extent that, at the end, there is only 3% waste - that is right, THREE PERCENT - and that can easily be kept under safeguards. The only country that does not reprocess its wastes is the United States, as it was banned by President Carter. That explains why the US, and mostly ONLY the US, has problems with its nuclear wastes.

So, please either get all the facts, and analyze the problem scientifically and comprehensively, or stop writing such articles. This is a scientific/technological matter, and writing about it requires an
in-depth understanding of a lot of complex issues. It is not something that on a slow afternoon, when you do not feel to do anything else, you can just write an article about. It is also not a political/social issue for which you can claim to have "your own opinion."

sincerely,

May be you should also talk about BENEFITS of nukes as well ...

May be you should start talking about benefits of nuke power as well. I have written in comments and discussions on this topic extensively, but not all in one context and in one place.
For example, nuke power is cheap and can be used for water movement to get rid of deserts and arid land, ion agriculture, in creating green land, in health, imprving employment, and .....

Nuclear Energy!

Mr. Mehmaneche,
Firstly, scientific research is for the donkeys(maaleh khareh). The Islamic nation(ommateh mosalmaan) of Iran does not believe in the research that comes from the West. Our Islamic scientists have already proven that the Islamic nation of Iran are protected against all the diseases which exist in the non-Muslim countries.

Secondly, now that Iranians are enjoying all the rights and privileges which citizens of civilized countries of the West are enjoying, we must start our competition in other spheres such as nuclear Technology.
Iran is even more democratic than all Western countries, even though democracy is for the donkeys(maaleh khareh).

Thirdly, look at the death toll on the roads in Iran. Why don't you write about more than 30,000 poor people who die in more thatn 400,000 automobile accidents a year.

Fourthly, look at the number of Americans dying as a result of gun shots, every year. Why don't you write about that?

Fifthly, MKO is a terrorist organization and Mas'ud Rajavi is a Zioniast agent, but you didn't write about that.

Last but not least, natural causes are killing more people every day, but you didn't write about that.

Oh, and before I stop, I must remind you that you used only one woman as your reference, according to the Islamic laws, you need two to make your story credible!!!

30,000 child are going to die every day because of ...

//hajiagha.tripod.com

hunger or by war or, natural die,,,,are you care about them?

500 billion dollars Bush spending on war should go to save life the million child are going tom die each month

why only Iran became a biggest problems in are nation/

why only poor and unemployment and human right in Iran became center of all important ....

why no one look in USA or in others part of the world south America are you ever look on TV mass of the poor children.....in south America close to uncle Sam.....stop all this blushed and propaganda please

every times Iran and Iranian trying to grow and have new technology some one like you show up and compain...

More argumentative articles about the nuclear energy!

Nuclear energy is not the best option for Iran and we shall do our effort to show and prove this! Thanks for the article!

Iranian nuclear energy causes cancer!

Dear Homayoun,
Although I agree with you that the peaceful use of nuclear energy is not without harmful effects if not used correctly and responsibly, it has been in use in the industrialized countries for many years with relative safety. Do you suggest that the level of children mortality in the west is significantly higher than that in the underdeveloped countries just because of the use of nuclear energy? Is burning fossil fuels and contributing to the air pollution and global warming any safer?
I wonder why it has become such a big issue now that Iran wants to do what the west has been doing for years. Is the west now concerned about the health of Iranian children? I don't think so.