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| Bushehr Reactor (in SW Iran) start up delayed again | |
| 2009-11-17 | |
| Russian Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko said on November 16 that the launch of the nuclear power plant in Bushehr would not take place this year as planned due to "technical reasons." At the same time, the minister said that major results are expected in the construction of the $1 billion plant by the end of the year. Nuclear fuel deliveries for Bushehr were completed in January. The launch was expected by the end of 2009. But it has already been delayed several times for technical and financial reasons. When Russia began construction (actually taking over construction from companies in Germany and elsewhere) in 1995, they expected a 2002 start up. That was delayed several times. The Regime in Iran announced that it would start in 2007, then announced it would start in 2008, then guaranteed it would start in 2009 - given that much of the plant is 1970s construction and 1960s design, these delays are pretty understandable.
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| Posted by:lord garth |