Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 20

17-May-2010

IRAN

Rosatom Head Says Bushehr Nuclear Plant Start-Up Due At End-Summer

Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Russias Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom), told RIA Novosti on 12 May that the the preparation of the Bushehr nuclear power plant for its launch is going according to plan. The launch has been set for the end of the summer, and we are on schedule. Development of the 1gw Bushehr plant has been delayed many times down the years, but Tehran...