Russia and Iran have settled all differences over the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power station and agreed on a timetable for its completion, the Russian contractor building the station said Thursday.
“We have resolved all the problems with the Iranians,” said Sergei Shmatko, president of state-controlled Atomstroiexport, which is building the Bushehr plant on the Persian Gulf.
“We have agreed with our Iranian colleagues a time frame for completing the plant and we will make an announcement at the end of December,” Shmatko told reporters.
MOSCOW (AFP) — Russia started nuclear fuel deliveries to Iran’s first atomic power station on Monday as Tehran defied international pressure by announcing plans to produce more fuel for its nuclear programme.
Russia’s announcement that fuel had been sent to the unfinished Bushehr power station marked a huge leap forward for Iran’s nuclear ambitions, which Western and Israeli governments fear may mask a secret bomb-making project.
“On December 16, 2007, Atomstroiexport began delivery of the fuel for the initial installation at the future Bushehr power station,” the state-run Russian corporation said in a statement.
The delivery process will take up to two months to complete, Atomstroiexport said, with the Russian-built station starting to generate electricity in approximately six months time.
