DM Reiterates Immunity of Bushehr N. Power Plant

2011-02-07 09:06

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8911170676 Fars News Agency 07 Feb 2011 TEHRAN (FNA) - Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi stressed that Iran's first nuclear power plant in the Southern port city of Bushehr enjoys sufficient and appropriate level of security and immunity to hazards. "The Bushehr power plant's premises and facilities have a good level of security," Vahidi told reporters on Saturday. The Iranian minister went on to say that some countries did not want nuclear fuel to be injected into the Bushehr reactor, warning that any action taken against the power plant would have negative consequences for them. Earlier, Western media had reported that Iran temporarily halted most of its uranium enrichment work in December and western diplomats said they believed the halt was linked to technical problems caused by Stuxnet worm. Meantime, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi revealed at the time that some western countries started attempts to disrupt activities and operations at Iran's nuclear sites and plants via Stuxnet a year ago. "Since a year ago, the westerners have tried to infiltrate our country's nuclear sites to open a way for their worm (Stuxnet worm) to disrupt their activities, but the country's young experts stopped the virus exactly at those points that enemies intended to infiltrate," Salehi stated. The Stuxnet worm is the first known malicious software of its kind unleashed by computer hackers and has opened the door to a new era of cyber-warfare. Experts say it is designed to destroy or sabotage factories, power plants, refineries or other industrial installations. Media reports said the Bushehr power plant was at the center of the cyber attack. Iranian officials, however, have said that the Stuxnet was detected early by Iranian experts and thus caused no damage to the country's industrial sites. In January, Spokesman of the AEOI Hamid Khadem Qaemi underlined that certain western countries' attempts to disrupt activities and operations at Iran's nuclear sites and plants via a malicious software failed to impede the country's progress and advancement. "The Stuxnet virus has left no negative impact on the progress of Bushehr atomic power plant's activities," Khadem Qaemi told reporters. On Tuesday, Yukiya Amano, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that he believed Russia and Iran were paying "enough attention" to prevent any accident, but expressed concern about cyber attacks on nuclear facilities. ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/

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