Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Iran's Nuclear Plant Entering Final Stages?

Iran’s controversial nuclear power plant at Bushehr is entering its final staging with a series of new tests due to be performed shortly, after which the site is expected to become fully operational by early 2013, according to official government reports from Tehran.
"The preparations for the handover of the power plant by the Russian contractor to Iranian experts will be made in the near future. After various tests and experiments at the Bushehr power plant, we will begin the preliminary launch of the project by Iranian experts between December 21 to February 18,2013," stated a report from the Mehr news agency.
The agency was quoting Fereydoun Abbasi, director of Iran's Atomic Energy organization, who addressed reporters at Bushehr last Saturday.
In an earlier statement made last month Valeryi Limarenko, the director general of NIAEP, the agency that manages the construction of the plant for the Russian contractor Atomstroy export said it is possible the plant won't be handed over to Iranian experts until March next year due to “technical problems,” the agency said. Limarenko said that even after Iran takes control of the plant, some 300 Russian experts would remain at the site to continue assisting Iranian operators of the plant.

Read more: http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/Irans-Nuclear-Plant-Entering-Final-Stages.html

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