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Iran's First N. Power Plant to Start Operation in August
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian diplomat announced that Iran's first nuclear power plant in the Southern port city of Bushehr will start operation in August.
Iran's Ambassador to Russia Reza Sajjadi said Bushehr nuclear power station will be operative from early August.
"Russian engineers have told us that they will be in a position to inaugurate and connect up the plant within the first ten days of August," the envoy said.
The second consignment of fuel for the Bushehr nuclear power plant was delivered from Russia in May.
Iran signed a deal with Russia in 1995, according to which the plant was originally scheduled for completion in 1999. However, the project was repeatedly delayed by the Russian side due to the intense pressure exerted on Moscow by the United States and its western allies. Russia finally completed construction of the plant last summer.
After countless delays, work on the power station, initially a German Siemens project of the early Seventies for the Shah, was completed last November. A series of technical hitches forced the authorities into a series of delays.
On October 26, Iran started injecting fuel into the core of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the initial phase of launching the nuclear reactor.
The facility operates under the full supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Iran's Ambassador to Russia Reza Sajjadi said Bushehr nuclear power station will be operative from early August.
"Russian engineers have told us that they will be in a position to inaugurate and connect up the plant within the first ten days of August," the envoy said.
The second consignment of fuel for the Bushehr nuclear power plant was delivered from Russia in May.
Iran signed a deal with Russia in 1995, according to which the plant was originally scheduled for completion in 1999. However, the project was repeatedly delayed by the Russian side due to the intense pressure exerted on Moscow by the United States and its western allies. Russia finally completed construction of the plant last summer.
After countless delays, work on the power station, initially a German Siemens project of the early Seventies for the Shah, was completed last November. A series of technical hitches forced the authorities into a series of delays.
On October 26, Iran started injecting fuel into the core of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the initial phase of launching the nuclear reactor.
The facility operates under the full supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
