Iran Aims For 2009 Launch Of Nuclear Plant


From Yahoo News/Reuters:

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran is aiming to commission its first nuclear power plant in 2009 after years of delays, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

Russia has already delivered nuclear fuel under a $1 billion contract to build the Bushehr plant on the Gulf coast in southwest Iran. But the start-up timetable has frequently been put back because of issues such as a row over payments.

Russia agreed to build the plant in 1995 on the site of an earlier project begun in the 1970s by German firm Siemens. The Siemens' project was disrupted by Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution and the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.

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My Comment: Everyone is looking at the start-up date. Israel and the U.S. being two of the countries most interested in knowing when this plant is going to start.

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