Finger-pointing at Iran nuclear facilities and who exploded three of them while all nuclear power industry facilities, in every nation, inevitably violate human rights
London Times has quoted Israel intelligence officials saying satellite images show Monday’s reported mysterious blast of Iran’s key nuclear energy facility in the nation’s western region near at its third largest city was ‘no accident.’ Israel is a suspect in the “military” operation explosion and subsequent cloud near the heavily populated area, initially claimed by Iran to be result of its military drilling, not at the facility.
A mysterious blast reportedly that rocked Isfahan in western Iran on Monday damaged a key nuclear facility in the city that its intelligence officials say was “no accident” according to the Times of London on Wednesday.
Israel is a suspect, as the Times highlights, linking readers to the Facebook page established for a discussion on this question: “Is Israel behind a recent string of “mishaps” in Iran? Join the discussion on Haaretz.com’s Facebook page.”
Monday, Dan Meridor, Israeli Intelligence Minister, said: “There are countries who impose economic sanctions and there are countries who act in other ways in dealing with the Iranian nuclear threat.”
Although initially, Iran denied the nuclear facility explosion, reports by semi-official Fars news agency said “frightened residents called the fire department after the blast, forcing the city authorities to admit there had been an explosion. Residents reported that their windows shook from the explosion’s force.”
Nuclear terror on Iranians
Fallout arriving within a few hours after a nuclear explosion is highly radioactive.
There are two types of nuclear terrorism: 1) detonation of a nuclear weapon or improvised nuclear device (IND, also called an improvised nuclear explosive) in a city; and 2) attacking a nuclear reactor, spent-fuel pond, or reprocessing facility with the intent of releasing the vast amount of radioactivity they contain. (“A Nuclear Explosion in a City or an Attack on a Nuclear Reactor,” Richard L. Garwin, National Academy of Engineering)
In Monday’s explosion, Isfahan residents reported the blast shook tower blocks in the city around 2:40 p.m. and seeing a cloud of smoke rising over the nuclear facility on the edge of the city.
“This caused damage to the facilities in Isfahan, particularly to the elements we believe were involved in storage of raw materials,” said one military intelligence source.”
Garwin states:
“The greatest damage and lethality from a nuclear explosion in a city would result from radioactive fallout that might expose people in a 20 km2 area to radiation levels that would cause 50 percent mortality. People outside (not shielded) during the time of maximum fallout would be subject to extremely high exposure levels because of the “beta” (electron-decay) radioactivity in contact with clothing or skin.
Shielding from buildings can greatly reduce those levels (by a factor of 2 or 3 from light-frame buildings and a factor of 50 for even the lower stories of high-rise buildings). Without those protections, there would be 160,000 deaths in New York City (density 8,000 per km2) and 80,000 deaths in Los Angeles (density 4,000 per km2) from fallout.”
Haaretz news had reported “after the incident was reported in Israel, the report was taken off the Fars website.”
“The reported incident occurred about two weeks after Gen. Hasan Tehrani Moghaddam was killed together with 20 other Guard members Nov. 12 at a military site outside Bidganeh village, 40 kilometers southwest of Tehran.”
“Earlier Monday, a top Israeli security official said that the recent explosion that rocked an Iranian missile base near Tehran could delay or stop further Iranian surface-to-surface missile development.”
Israeli sources reported “no doubt” that the blast damaged the key nuclear facility, and the explosion was not an “accident.”
According to The Australian, “A former Israeli intelligence official cited at least two other explosions that have “successfully neutralised” Iranian bases associated with the Shahab-3, the medium-range missile that could be adapted to carry a nuclear warhead.
“This is something everyone in the West wanted to see happen,” he added.
President Barack Obama had been pressing U.N. nuclear inspectors to release classified intelligence information showing Iran has been designing and experimenting with nuclear weapons technology.
The United States has over 100 operating nuclear power plants, 16 non-operational power plants, plus numerous nuclear fuel and weapons facilities.
Regardless of where nuclear power facilities are located, they typically involve the cycle of nuclear weapons manufacturing that Beyond Nuclear says “inevitably violates human rights.”
The real Renaissance is in renewable energy technologies can help restore political and economic stability as well as save money…and the planet according to Beyond Nuclear.
“The entire nuclear fuel chain involves the release of radioactivity, contamination of the environment and damage to human health,” states Beyond Nuclear, a world leading nuclear watchdog.
“Most often, communities of color, indigenous peoples or those of low-income are targeted to bear the brunt of these impacts, particularly the damaging health and environmental effects of uranium mining.
“The nuclear power industry inevitably violates human rights.”
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