VOL. XLIV

No. 17

23-April-2001

IRAN

Russian Firm Starts Laying Foundation For Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant

Russian engineering contractor Atommash has begun the construction of foundations for the first nuclear reactor to be installed at Bushehr in southern Iran, and is expected soon to begin delivering major components from Russia for the much-delayed project. Foundations work began on 16 April, when Russian news agencies quoted Russian Nuclear Energy Minister Alexander Rumyantsev as saying that...