Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Web Log: Iranian fuel deal irks some: "Not surprisingly, some U.S. politicians were upset to learn that Russia and Iran signed a nuclear fuel deal over the weekend. The deal allows Iran to receive Russian nuclear fuel for the Russian-built Bushehr reactor on the condition that Tehran sends all of the reactor’s spent fuel back to Russia. In response, Sen. John McCain said that Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, should be punished. ‘I think this latest step of the Russians vis-a-vis the agreement with the Iranians calls for sterner measures to be taken between ourselves and Russia. It has got to, at some point, begin to harm our relations, because we can't stand by and allow Russia to continue to behave--it's almost aberrational,’ McCain told Fox News Sunday. (McCain and other senators have been after a Russian suspension from the G-8 since 2003.)"

(Via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Web Log.)