darkhovin and bushehr

Three Mile Island. Diablo Canyon. Millstone. Comanche Peak.

I don't know exactly what to call it, but there's frequently something about nuclear reactor names that strikes a discomforting, mildly sinister chord when you first hear them. Like a deja vu thing, like you've heard them before, or as if some weird premonition backblast is going on, where they're recognizable because we'll all be hearing so much about them in the future.

The enrichment and reactor site names coming out of Iran now sound especially ominous in this regard: Darkhovin and Bushehr. Darkhovin is right out of Lord of the Rings. And Bush-err? Seriously?

Call me superstitious, but you have to admit it's a touch unsettling that these names are so malign sounding and so easy to remember.