The United States lost a years-long battle when Russia delivered nuclear fuel on Monday for an Iranian power plant that is at the cente
r of an international dispute over Iran’s nuclear program. Iran, for its part, rejected the idea that the delivery might mean it no longer needed to do its own uranium enrichment to make fuel, citing work on a second power plant.
r of an international dispute over Iran’s nuclear program. Iran, for its part, rejected the idea that the delivery might mean it no longer needed to do its own uranium enrichment to make fuel, citing work on a second power plant.In announcing that it has delivered the first fuel shipment to the power plant at Bushehr in southern Iran, Russian officials said that the fuel would be under the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency while it is in Iran, and that the Iranian government had given guarantees that the fuel would be only be used for ...... read more ...
Tehran Times -
MOSCOW/TEHRAN - Russia has delivered its first shipment of nuclear fuel to a reactor it is helping to build at Bushehr as Iran’s atomic chief said the plant will be connected to power grid after March 2008.
Iran and Russia reached agreement last week on a schedule to finish building the plant after years of delays. The Russian company building the Bushehr plant, Atomstroiexport, said the delivery of the enriched uranium fuel began on Sunday. Atomstroiexport said the containers of fuel had been inspected and sealed before delivery by the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency ....... read more ...
Iran and Russia reached agreement last week on a schedule to finish building the plant after years of delays. The Russian company building the Bushehr plant, Atomstroiexport, said the delivery of the enriched uranium fuel began on Sunday. Atomstroiexport said the containers of fuel had been inspected and sealed before delivery by the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency ....... read more ...
