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Russia: Bushehr N. Power Plant's Efficiency Test Finished
FNA
The Russian contractor in charge of the construction of Iran's first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr, Atomstroyexport, said that the plant
had successfully passed efficiency tests.
"Efficiency tests of the reactor equipment and supporting technological systems was held," Atomstroyexport said in a statement.
The company added that it had conducted hot water testing at the plant and that after reviewing the results it would be ready for launch.
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi announced on Wednesday that Bushehr nuclear power plant will start operation in September.
"We hope that, as our Russian friends and Iranian colleagues have said, the reactor will launch operation in September," Salehi said while visiting different parts of the plant.
"We feel that we have reached a no return point and from now on the ground is paved for the final launch of the reactor," he reiterated.
Salehi also announced that the reactor in the Bushehr nuclear power plant passed the last pre-launch test on Wednesday and it is ready to come online later in summer.
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.
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