The power reactor in Bushehr will not be ready to begin operations in 2008, as it was planned. After a visit of a high-level delegation of Atomstroyexport to Bushehr, Iran announced that the reactor would start in 2009.
UPDATE 09/08/08: Atomstroyexport projects that the launch of the reactor is unlikely to happen before March 2009.
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Rosatom is noncommittal on the Bushehr reactor start date. In September 2008, Atomstroyexport estimated that the reactor is unlikely to start before March 2009. Now, Sergei Kiriyenko says that "the launch is scheduled for this year." Iran is hoping tha... Read More
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