Former Russian PM attends Iran’s nuke plant’s opening

Russia: Former Russian Prime Minister and Russian state-run Rosatom company Chief Serguei Kirienko attended the opening of the Iranian Bushar nuclear plant Saturday, which should start operating before the end of this year.

According to Moscow television channels, Kirienko is participating in the ceremony of the physical launch of the plant, during which the reactor will be charged with bars of fuel, but its real energy production will be delayed for several months.

The Rosatom Chief clarified that the building of the nuclear plant which began in 1975 with a German firm and was taken over by Russia in 1998, was always controlled by the International Atomic Energy Agency, and that other nations, apart from Russia took part in its construction.

Kirienko also said that the period of testing of the plant was concluded, and what begins now is the start-up of the nuclear plant’s operations, which includes various stages, in each of which the authorization of the Iranian control groups is required.

The inauguration of the Busher plant coincides with the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program whose peaceful character is defended by Iran while the US and other western nations push to apply unilateral sanctions against the Persian state.

Moscow, Prensa Latina