Iranians start reactor test run
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7908621.stmIranian and Russian nuclear officials have begun a test run of Iran's first nuclear power plant.
The test involves dummy rods that imitate the enriched uranium needed to run the Russian-built plant at Bushehr.
The test is likely to fuel fears in the West about Iran's nuclear ambitions, though Tehran says they are peaceful.
An Iranian official told journalists at Bushehr that Iran had increased the number of its centrifuges enriching uranium at another site to 6,000.
Vice-President and nuclear chief Gholam Reza Aghazadeh said activity at Natanz, where the centrifuges are operating, had continued at a steady pace.
"Our plan to install and run centrifuges is not based on political conditions," he said. "We have a plan and we will go ahead with it."
He said Iran would install more than 50,000 centrifuges at Natanz over the next five years.
"Them' commies at it again"
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