From Nero News: As the World Burns

Nero News Service - As The World Burns: May 27, 2009:

The Associated Press has reported that the Israeli Foreign Ministry has accused Bolivia and Venezuela of supplying uranium to Iran, a country with its own substantial uranium deposits and an advanced uranium mining sector. True to form, Bolivia and Venezuela have denied these plausible allegations, "Harumph. The Israeli's are all a buzz and glowing with deceit." stated a Bolivian official. "What will those silly Izzy's say next, that Venezuela is sending oil to Saudi Arabia?" asked a Venezuelan official who asked to remain anonymous.

The U.S., has decried the reported supplying of uranium to Iran. The State Department released a statement of ire that, "...no international trade or exchange of uranium is acceptable in these times of the ongoing international war against terrorist organizations." When asked about today's AP report that Russia's uranium export company Tekhsnabexport, or Tenex, will supply US markets with nuclear fuel enriched from raw uranium for the first time, a state department official retorted, "Cool your jets Strangelove. This is a groundbreaking $1 billion package of contracts to supply three US utilities with enriched fuel for nuclear power plants. We are using this in the war against CARBON - an internationally advanced climate terror operation. This kind of trade is ok. Whazamatta, are you against free trade?"

CARBON - Climate Arsonists for a Return to Burning Oil Naturally advocates for the exclusive use of oil-based fuels to fulfill global energy needs. An international conspiracy to promote the concept of global warming opposes CARBON and has called for human heating needs to be met through the deployment of nuclear weapons - but only those that can be launched by responsible governments, such as the U.S., France, and North Korea.

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Bolivia denies supplying uranium to Iran
By Associated Press | May 27, 2009

LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivia denied supplying uranium to Iran for its nuclear program, saying yesterday that it has never produced the metallic element, a key ingredient for nuclear energy and weapons.

President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela joined top Bolivian officials in dismissing the allegations after a secret Israeli government report accused both nations of providing Iran with uranium.

Bolivian presidential minister Juan Ramón Quintana called it nonsense and labeled Israel's intelligence agency a bunch of incompetent "clowns."

The Israeli Foreign Ministry document, obtained by the Associated Press Monday, cites previous Israeli intelligence assessments, saying that "there are reports that Venezuela supplies Iran with uranium for its nuclear program" and that "Bolivia also supplies uranium to Iran."

During a visit to Brazil, Chávez said it is one more in a list of accusations meant to tarnish his government, including that "we're a paradise for drug trafficking, that we protect terrorists."

"I saw in the press yesterday . . . a supposed official document of the Israeli government where it says Venezuela is supporting Iran in the construction of the atomic bomb, that we're sending uranium," Chávez said. Without elaborating, he added: "They accuse us of anything."

Mining minister Luis Alberto Echazú said Bolivia does not produce uranium, though he acknowledged that officials believe the country has untapped deposits.

"There isn't even a precise geological study of uranium deposits, and much less can there be talk of export" to another country, he said.




Russia-US utilities sign key uranium deal
By Associated Press | May 27, 2009

MOSCOW - Russia's uranium export company signed a groundbreaking $1 billion package of contracts yesterday to supply three US utilities with enriched fuel for nuclear power plants, Russian atomic industry officials said.

State-run Tekhsnabexport, or Tenex, will supply US markets with nuclear fuel enriched from raw uranium for the first time, Tekhsnabexport marketing executive Vadim Mikerin said.

Tenex signed contracts to provide enriched uranium fuel to San Francisco-based Pacific Gas & Electric Company; St. Louis-based AmerenUE; and Dallas-based Luminant, said Sergei Novikov, spokesman for the state nuclear agency Rosatom.

The companies are part of a group called Fuelco, he said.

Tenex will supply fuel to the US utilities from 2014-20 under the contracts, which provide the option for renewal, Novikov said. He said the deals will help each company supply electricity to 5 million households.

"It's very significant because it begins new relations between Tenex and American companies operating nuclear power plants," Novikov said. "Until this moment we didn't have direct contracts for enrichment services supplies."

Russia is already the biggest single supplier of uranium fuel to US nuclear plants, but it has been barred from expanding those supplies because of protectionist measures that were imposed by Washington after the Soviet collapse.





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