Israel Matzav

Bushehr nuke plant to start running in two months

Iran's FARS news service is reporting that the Bushehr nuclear power plant will be operational in two months.

"It will take two month or even less than that for the completion of the Bushehr nuclear plant," Russian Consul General Ali Mitkhadovich Mustafabeyli told reporters in Iran's central city of Isfahan.

He added that this is not merely the opinion of Russian officials as Iranian officials have also estimated that the plant will become operational within the same timeframe.

The Russian official further stressed that the Russian government is not facing any problems for completing the Bushehr plant.

This plant has been a long time in coming.

Russia has been building the nuclear facility in Iran since 1994. The start-up of the station, originally scheduled to be completed in 1999, has been delayed on several occasions.

Western corporations began the construction of the Bushehr facility in the 1970s. However, following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, the Western companies reneged on their commitments and pulled out of the project due to political pressure from Washington.

Iran then turned to Russia to complete the project. In 1992, Tehran and Moscow signed a deal to complete the construction of the nuclear power plant.

I wonder how long it will last. Maybe it won't be started at all. Heh.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:10 AM