Iran, Russia ink MoUs on nuclear cooperation
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Bushehr, Sept. 12, IRNA -- Iranian and Russian nuclear officials inked two memoranda of understanding (MoU) here on Monday.
The MoU was inked at the end of the inaugural ceremony marking the preliminary commissioning of Bushehr nuclear power plant.
As per the MoU, the two sides will cooperate in the fields of commissioning atomic power plants and conducting stress tests on nuclear plants.
An inaugural ceremony marking the preliminary commissioning of Bushehr nuclear power plant was held in presence of several high-ranking Iranian and Russian officials in Bushehr on Monday.
The ceremony was attended by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoon Abbasi, Energy Minister Majid Namjoo, visiting Russian Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko and head of the Rosatom nuclear agency Sergey Kirienko.
The Bushehr nuclear power plant joined the national power grid with a capacity of around 60 megawatts at 11:29 p.m. (1859 GMT) Saturday night.
Iran signed a deal with Russia in 1995, under which the plant was originally scheduled to be completed in 1999, but the completion of the project was repeatedly delayed.
The nuclear power plant was finally finished with the help of Russia after 12 years delay.
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