Russia delivers nuclear fuel to Iran

Russia has delivered a second consignment of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr power plant.

The second consignment of fuel for the Bushehr nuclear plant arrived in Iran on Friday. Ahmad Fayazbaksh said, adding that the delivery was the same amount supplied in the first consignment on December 17. Russia will deliver a total of 82 tonnes of nuclear fuel to Iran over two months in eight separate consignments. It would take at least a year to start the power station. Iran had said it hoped the 1000-megawatt plant in the southern city of Bushehr could come on line within three months, at up to 200 megawatts before being cranked up to full capacity nine months later. The United States and Israel have voiced fears that Iran's civilian nuclear power program could be a cover for a program to develop atomic weapons, a charge denied by Tehran.

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