Iran in Compliance to Start Nuclear Reactor – Russia

Bushehr Power Plant

ISNA Photo

Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatkov said today that Iran is in “full compliance” with IAEA safeguard and security regulations to start the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (BNP) [Ettelaat, 3 March].

BNP, a 1,000-megawatt light water reactor, under construction since 1974, is finally expected to start generating power later this year. Iranian and Russian nuclear engineers began a test run of the reactor in mid-February.