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Bushehr nuclear power plant refueled

24 June 2014 12:48 (UTC+04:00)
Bushehr nuclear power plant refueled

By Sara Rajabova

Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, which located in the south of the country, was refueled.

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said the process of fueling the reactor was completed successfully, IRNA news agency reported.

Salehi said the power plant connected to national power grid by 50 percent capacity on June 24 again.

The 1000-MW Bushehr is Iran's only nuclear electricity plant which launched by Russia's Rosatom State Atomic Energy in early 2009 experimentally, but connected to the national power grid in 2011.

Salehi said that Bushehr's electricity power capacity would reach full capacity during next days.

Construction of the nuclear power plant in Bushehr was started in 1974 by the German Kraftwerk Union AG (Siemens / KWU) concern but ceased during the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

In August 1992, an agreement was signed between the Governments of Russia and Iran on the construction of a nuclear power plant, and in January 1995 a contract was signed to complete the construction of the first power unit of the plant.

The physical start of the Bushehr nuclear plant began under the control of the IAEA on August 21, 2010, with the delivery of the nuclear fuel to the reactor compartment station.

Iran officially took over the first unit of the plant from Russia for two years in September 2013, the final acceptance and submission for industrial operation is scheduled for 2015.

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