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Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant begins fueling
Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inside the Bushehr nuclear plant with scientists
by Joseph Ernest October 26, 2010
Newscast Media -- Built with the help of the Russian government, Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant has began loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant in the southwestern city of Bushehr, officials have said.
A senior nulcear official said on Tuesday, "Nearly 160 fuel rods have been placed into the core of the reactor, which will be the energy production stage and a key stage for its operation".
The vice president of the nuclear program Ali Akbar Salehi said on state television that it will take "one or two months to reach a 40 or 50 per cent nominal power".
The 1,000-MW Bushehr plant was built with the help of Russia, who will operate the facility by supplying its nuclear fuel and taking away the nuclear waste.
Iran has been subject to four rounds of UN sanctions because of the program.
"Political pressures like sanctions will not impede our progress and will not keep our nation from exercising its inalienable right to the peaceful use of nuclear technology," Ramin Mehmanparast, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, said in a news conference in the Iranian capital.
Iran expects the plant to finally begin generating energy by early next year. Add Comments>>
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