. . . making steady progress. Of a sort:
Reporting from Beirut —Iran's atomic energy chief said that a delay in the launch of the nation's first nuclear power plant was not caused by a powerful computer virus that has crippled data management systems across the world — but his explanation may not have reassured Persian Gulf residents.
Ali Akbar Salehi blamed a leak in the pool now holding the fuel rods for the Bushehr nuclear power plant.
"A small leak was observed in a pool next to the reactor and was curbed," he said in comments over the weekend that were reported Monday by the official Islamic Republic News Agency. "This leak caused the activities to be delayed for a few days. The leak has been fixed and the core of the reactor is now working properly."
Translation: Not only are their computers riddled with bugs, but they're leaking waste all over the place.
If they keep going like this, the Israelis won't have to blow the reactors up . . . they'll do it themselves.
LA times story here.
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