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It is no accident that talk in Washington increasingly emphasizes the similarity of the Russian and U.S. approaches to the Iranian nuclear program, in particular Russia's construction of a nuclear power plant in Bushehr. Just a few years ago these were subjects of heated debate. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Russia criticises Iran's defiance Feb 14, 2008
Russia has been supplying Tehran with uranium for the Bushehr nuclear power station being built by Moscow in the south of the country. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Europe)
Iran's Ahmadinejad may visit Baghdad by late March Feb 10, 2008
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is seen in Bushehr, 1200 km south of Tehran, in this January 30, 2008 file photo. Ahmadinejad is expected to visit neighbouring Iraq by March 19, Iran's foreign minister said on Sunday, a trip that would make him the first leader of the Islamic Republic to visit its former foe. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Iran shakes pillars of nuclear accord Feb 9, 2008
A third argument, that Iran has no need for nuclear fuel since Russia has already provided it with what is needed for its reactors, has been soundly defended by Iranian nuclear officials who cite past broken promises, the delay in Russia's completion of Bushehr power plant, and the importance of technological progress and self-reliance, not to mention the possibility of Iran entering the lucrative market of nuclear fuel. In tandem with Iran's cooperation and nuclear transparency, what is needed... (Asia Times Online)
US-Russia deal upstages Iran Feb 9, 2008
Russian nuclear experts have acknowledged that the US implicitly associated last Friday's deal in Washington with Russia ceasing nuclear operations in Iran, where it is engaged in the construction of a nuclear power plant in Bushehr. In retrospect, the manifest haste with which Russia fulfilled - in eight installments during the six-week period since December 16 - its obligations for supplying low-enriched nuclear fuel totaling 82 tonnes for the Bushehr plant falls into perspective ... Russia... (Asia Times Online)
New centrifuges in Iran intensify nuclear weapons debate Feb 9, 2008
Iran has been building its first nuclear power plant near the southern city of Bushehr, where test operations could start this year. Final deliveries of nuclear fuel by Russia arrived at the plant last month. (International Herald Tribune)
Iran Starts Second Atomic Power Plant: Report Feb 8, 2008
Iran has been building its first nuclear power plant near the southern city of Bushehr, where Tehran says test operations could start later this year. Final deliveries of nuclear fuel by Russia arrived at the plant last month. (Newsmax)
U.S. money for Russia is linked to Iran nuclear plant Feb 7, 2008
The institutes, both in Nizhny Novgorod, gave U.S. officials sales presentations describing their capabilities, and listing the Bushehr reactor, which Russia has agreed to fuel, as one of their projects ... It was not immediately clear if the Energy Department was paying the salaries of the scientists involved in the Bushehr reactor ... Bushehr is a civilian electric power plant, and because of its design, removing its nuclear fuel to recover the plutonium that is the byproduct of its operations... (International Herald Tribune)
Iran upset over launch of Israeli satellite by India Feb 6, 2008
He said Iran needs to produce 20,000 mw of nuclear power and the Bushehr atomic plant will supply only 1,000 mw of power. Without naming any country, he said a European nation has evinced interest in building nuclear power plants but backed out later. (Zee News)
Still Trying to Squeeze Iran Feb 1, 2008
An exterior view building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant near the Persian Gulf, 1,000 kms south of Tehran, Iran Mohammad Kheirkhah / UPI / Landov Article Tools ... And Russia has completed the delivery of the nuclear fuel to power Iran's reactor at Bushehr. (Time.com)
Iran's leader boasts of nuclear progress, but another official cites a snag Jan 31, 2008
But another Iranian official indicated that Russia continues to withhold key equipment to start up an almost-complete nuclear power plant near Bushehr, evidence that Moscow retains important leverage over Tehran ... Ahmadinejad's speech in Bushehr broke no new ground ... Russians delivered the last of 82 tons of nuclear fuel rods this week for the light-water reactor they are building near Bushehr. (Boston Globe)
Iran claims nuclear triumph Jan 31, 2008
He was speaking in the city of Bushehr two days after Russia completed delivery of nuclear fuel for the Iran's first nuclear power station. This is likely to begin operations later this year. (BBC News -- Africa)
Iran won't back down on nuclear rights Jan 31, 2008
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) waves to supporters as he leaves after a speech in Bushehr, 1200 km (720 miles), south of Tehran Jan. 30, 2008 ... Ahmadinejad made the remarks to large crowds at Iran's southern port city of Bushehr, where the country's first nuclear power plant was being built with the assistance of Russia. (Xinhuanet, China)
* Russia completes final shipment of uranium fuel to Iran Jan 29, 2008
Irina Yesipova, a spokeswoman for Russia's state Atomstroiexport company in charge of building the nuclear plant in the southern port of Bushehr, said the eighth and final shipment of 8 ... Iran has said Bushehr, the country's first nuclear reactor, will begin operating in the summer, producing half its 1,000-megawatt capacity of electricity ... The US initially opposed Russia's contract for building the Bushehr reactor and supplying it with fuel, but later softened its position as Iran agreed... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Giving Iran an offer it can't refuse Jan 29, 2008
Even as it threw its weight behind a new sanctions resolution, Russia delivered more fuel for Iran's nuclear power reactor at Bushehr. Saudi Arabia, which is as fearful as Washington about Tehran's nuclear ambitions, was host to Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for the recent hajj pilgrimage. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Russia's Overnight Delivery Jan 28, 2008
Irina Yesipova, a spokeswoman for Russia's state Atomstroiexport company in charge of building the nuclear plant in the southern port of Bushehr, said the eighth and final shipment of 9 ... Iran has said Bushehr, the country's first nuclear reactor, will begin operating in the summer of 2008, producing half its 1,000-megawatt capacity of electricity ... The U.S. initially opposed Russia's contract for building the Bushehr reactor and supplying it with fuel, but later softened its position as... (Fox News)
Iran gets last batch of Russian atomic fuel Jan 28, 2008
The IRNA report said the whole consignment of 82 tonnes had been sent to the Bushehr plant, on the Gulf coast in southwest Iran ... Russia says the Bushehr power plant is being built under the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN nuclear watchdog. (Times of India)
Russia completes delivery of nuke fuel for Iran's Bushehr plant Jan 28, 2008
IRNA quoted Iran Atomic Energy Production and Development Company as saying that the last shipment has been forwarded to Bushehr nuclear power plant which is being built at the Gulf port city of Bushehr. Iran has received a total of 82 tons of fuel for primary stage of commissioning the Bushehr nuclear power plant, along with auxiliary equipment from Russia, the Iranian company said ... Located in southwestern Iran, Bushehr plant is the country's first nuclear power station, but the start of the... (Xinhuanet, China)
Moscow Delivers More Nuclear Fuel to Iran Jan 28, 2008
That delivery, the seventh of a total of eight, is destined for the Bushehr Nuclear Power Station on the Persian Gulf coast. The Bushehr civilian power station, started by Moscow in 1996, is more than two years behind schedule ... When fully operational, Bushehr will be among the world's largest nuclear power stations. (Newsmax)
New Sanctions On Iran For Nukes Jan 23, 2008 Iran hails new delivery of nuclear fuel from Russia... Jan 23, 2008 Allies Seek Agreement On Iran Sanctions Jan 22, 2008 France says new Iran resolution imminent Jan 22, 2008 Western powers pledge resolve on Iran Jan 22, 2008 Israel worried as Russia sends nuclear fuel to Iran... Jan 18, 2008 France set to announce UAE nuclear energy deal Jan 14, 2008 ElBaradei urges Iran to clarify nuclear program quickly Jan 13, 2008 Dialog serves better solution to Iranian nuclear issue Jan 12, 2008 FACTBOX-New Nuclear Power Plants Jan 9, 2008 IRAN'S DANGEROUS NUKE GAME Jan 3, 2008 Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008 Iran leader suggests U.S. ties may be possible one day Jan 3, 2008 Oil falls on US home-sales data, weaker dollar Jan 1, 2008 Letters to the Editor Jan 1, 2008 Russia goes its own way Jan 1, 2008 Iran gives early date for reactor Dec 31, 2007 Iran Says First Nuclear Plant to Start in Mid-2008 Dec 31, 2007 Russia ignores West's Iran fears Dec 31, 2007 Iran to launch first nuclear power plant in summer 2008, official news agency reports Dec 31, 2007 Iran to launch nuke plant in summer 2008 Dec 31, 2007 Iran says its first atom plant to start in mid-2008 Dec 30, 2007 Fuel for Bushehr Dec 28, 2007 Iran, Malaysia sign oil $16 billion deal to develop 2 Iranian gas fields Dec 27, 2007 Russia to supply anti-aircraft missiles to Iran Dec 27, 2007 Iran To Get Missile System from Russia: Report Dec 27, 2007 Iran urges return of nuke case to IAEA Dec 26, 2007 Iran: Iran Ups The Ante Dec 26, 2007 Official: Iran Seeks 19 Nuclear Plants Dec 25, 2007 Iran Plans to Build 19 New Nuclear Power Plants Dec 25, 2007 Iran and Russia meet to discuss defense cooperation Dec 25, 2007 Iran's first home-made nuclear power plant to be operational in 9 years Dec 25, 2007 A senior member of the parliament said on Monday that Iran's first home-grown nuclear power plant is scheduled to be operational in about nine years.• Iran reactor not ready as scheduled by end 2008 Dec 25, 2007 Iran To Seek Bids for 19 Atomic Power Plants Dec 24, 2007 Expert: Israel Will Attack Iran Alone Dec 22, 2007 Russia, Iran tighten the energy noose Dec 21, 2007 Why Iran Didn't Cross the Nuclear Weapon Road Dec 21, 2007 1 comment Dec 21, 2007 Stability through uranium Dec 20, 2007 Russia, Iran and nuclear fuel Dec 20, 2007 Major Powers Confer Again Thursday on Iran Sanctions Dec 20, 2007 Iran reactor 'to open late 2008' Dec 20, 2007 Shipment of Russian nuclear fuel strengthens strategic ties, Iranian nuclear official says Dec 20, 2007 Report: Iran Plant to Open in Late 2008 Dec 20, 2007 BEAR PAWS WITH IRAN'S NUKES Dec 19, 2007 Russia ships Iran nuclear fuel for power plant Dec 19, 2007 Iran rejects suspension of enrichment Dec 19, 2007 Oil Rises on Speculation U.S. Inventories May Have Fallen for a Fifth Week Dec 19, 2007 Bush Wants Pressure on Iran After Russia Nuclear Aid Dec 19, 2007 Russia makes first nuke delivery to Iranian plant Dec 18, 2007 IRAN VOWS SECOND NUKE PLANT Dec 18, 2007 Putin declares he will be Russia's prime minister Dec 18, 2007 US still talking sanctions as Iran receives nuclear fuel Dec 18, 2007 US warns Iran after fuel shipment Dec 18, 2007 * Russia delivers nuclear fuel to Iranian plant Dec 18, 2007 Russia ships nuclear fuel to Iran Dec 18, 2007 Iran receives nuclear fuel in blow to U.S. Dec 18, 2007 Russia gives Iran uranium for energy production Dec 18, 2007 Bush keeps pressure on Iran Dec 18, 2007 Iran Receives Russian Nuclear Fuel Dec 18, 2007 Iran receives nuclear fuel shipment from Russia Dec 17, 2007 Russia on Monday supplied the first batch of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant (NPP) that was contracted by a Russian company, news agencies reported.• Russia, Iran agree on nuclear power station Dec 17, 2007 Russia starts nuclear fuel deliveries to Iran: officials Dec 17, 2007 Iran says no date fixed for atom plant completion Dec 16, 2007 US, Russia as partners Dec 15, 2007
This April 3, 2007 file photo shows the reactor building of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant some 750 miles south of Tehran, Iran. Six nations, including the U.S., met Jan. 22, 2008 in Berlin to discuss further sanctions against Iran. (CBS News)
US woos a partner over Iran Jan 23, 2008
As of last week, Russia had supplied more than half the nuclear fuel needed for Iran's Bushehr plant. Some American experts estimate that in an year's time after the commissioning of Bushehr, Iran could come to possess highly enriched plutonium sufficient for as many as 20 nuclear charges ... A Russian commentator recently admitted, "In practical terms, nuclear fuel supplies [for Bushehr] will bring Iran closer to nuclear weapons unless it gives up its bid for the uranium-enrichment cycle.". (Asia Times Online)
Russia delivered a fifth consignment of fuel for Iran's first nuclear power plant in the Gulf port of Bushehr on Tuesday, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported. "The fifth load of nuclear fuel arrived at the Bushehr plant on Tuesday morning," said a statement from the Organisation for Production and Development of Nuclear Energy quoted by the news agency ... Late last month, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said the Bushehr reactor would be working at 50 percent capacity by this summer. (The Drudge Report)
This April 3, 2007 file photo shows the reactor building of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant some 750 miles south of Tehran, Iran ... Iran has received the fifth shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia for the Bushehr nuclear power plant ... To that end, Iran received the fifth shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia on Tuesday for a power plant being constructed in the southern port of Bushehr, state radio reported. (CBS News)
A fourth Russian shipment of nuclear fuel arrived in Iran on Sunday, destined for a power plant being constructed in the southern Iranian port of Bushehr, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. Related Links. (Anchorage Daily News)
""I am very confident that we will come to a result that will show Iran once again that our concerns are not eliminated, and the resolve of the international community of states - including Russia and China - remains," he said.The talks between the foreign ministers and European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, are aimed at discussing "the way forward and to assess where we are in. the efforts we have been making to get Iran to suspend its enrichment," U.S. Secretary of State... (The Miami Herald)
last month delivered the first shipment of nuclear fuel to Iran's first nuclear power plant in Bushehr, a step which both Moscow and Washington said should convince Tehran to stop its own uranium enrichment programme ... "Now Russia has started delivering nuclear fuel to Bushehr, (Iran's) uranium enrichment may serve military goals," Russian news agencies quoted Livni as saying. (The Drudge Report)
Iran has a nuclear power reactor, Bushehr, under construction using Russian technology. The companies said Monday that they had reached a partnership agreement to submit a nuclear power plant project to the United Arab Emirates authorities and that local partners would take part. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
"What if the country that is giving us fuel now refuses one day to give it to us and sets conditions?" he asked, alluding to Russia, which is providing fuel so Iran can start its first nuclear plant, in Bushehr. "Don't we have to surrender then?". (International Herald Tribune)
Russia sent two shipments of nuclear fuel to Iran's ongoing Bushehr power plant at the end of 2007, and promised the fuel would be under control and guarantee of the IAEA to ensure its civilian purpose. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Thursday that "China considers dialog and consultation are best ways to solve the Iranian nuclear issue.". (Xinhuanet, China)
Iran is trying to build one plant at Bushehr on the Gulf coast in the south. It is the subject of close inspection by the IAEA and the basis of diplomatic tensions between Iran and the West. (Planet Ark, United States)
It crowed that its 1,000-megawatt Bushehr nuclear-power plant would be "online" as early as this spring, putting in place another important building block of its nuclear program ... Well, within about a year of Bushehr becoming operational, some of its spent nuclear fuel could be stripped of enough plutonium to produce a handful of nuclear weapons if the rods aren't returned to their owner/provider, Russia ... Because the production of fissile material is the long pole in the nuclear-weapons... (New York Post -- Opinions)
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Khamenei also rejected the suggestion by Washington and Moscow that Iran should stop nuclear uranium enrichment after Russia last month began delivering fuel to the country's first nuclear power plant in Bushehr. "This is like telling a country with huge oil reserves that it should provide for its oil needs from abroad," he said. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Iran, which holds the world's second-largest crude reserves, will start generating power at its Bushehr nuclear stations next summer, Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Sunday, according to Iran's state news agency. Meanwhile, Pakistan's election body has delayed a decision on whether to hold elections planned for Jan. 8 in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, the BBC reported. (MarketWatch)
This signal was pre-empted weeks ago during the Annapolis conference when the Russian foreign minister announced to former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak (now defense minister) that Russia will be supplying the nuclear fuel to the Bushehr electrical generating plant in Iran, as previously arranged. Thus, in the week following, Russia moved several warships and nearly 50 fighter jets into range between Israel and Iran. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Yet, Moscow is willing to provide fuel for Iran's light-water reactor in Bushehr. The incongruity of providing sensitive nuclear resources to a country that is actively sanctioned for its nuclear malfeasance is not lost on Iran's clerical elite. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
The US has backed Russian fuel deliveries to Bushehr. Iran says its Bushehr nuclear power will start working in mid-2008 ... "The Bushehr nuclear power station will launch at a capacity of 50% next summer," Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki was quoted by the Iranian news agency as saying. (BBC News)
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Bushehr plant is nearing completion ... The fuel, enriched uranium, is to be used in the nuclear plant near Bushehr in southern Iran ... The Bushehr power station has been under construction for a long time and is under international inspection. (BBC News -- Africa)
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said the Russians, who are helping build the light-water reactor in the southern Iranian town of Bushehr, will have completed nuclear fuel shipments by the summer, paving the way for its launch. "Half of the capacity of the Bushehr nuclear power plant will be launched in the summer of the coming year," IRNA quoted Mottaki as saying ... After months of delay, Russia began shipping nuclear fuel to Bushehr in mid-December and completed its second delivery... (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Iran to launch Bushehr power plant in summer 2008_English_Xinhua. Iran to launch Bushehr power plant in summer 2008 ... "The Bushehr power plant will be launched at the capacity of 50 percent next summer," Manouchehr Mottaki was quoted as saying by IRNA.. (Xinhuanet, China)
In a move both Moscow and Washington said should convince Tehran to shut down its disputed uranium enrichment programme, Russia delivered the first batch of about 80 tonnes of uranium fuel rods to Iran's Bushehr plant on Dec. 17 ... The head of the Russian company building Bushehr, state-run Atomstroiexport, has been quoted as saying the facility would not be operational until at least the end of next year ... But Mottaki said: "Half of the capacity of the Bushehr nuclear power plant will be... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
So he did the diplomatic thing last week and said that it was good that Russia finally delivered fuel for Iran's Russian-built nuclear power reactor at Bushehr ... By delivering nuclear fuel to Bushehr, Russia has squandered important leverage and sent a loud and clear message to Tehran that it can continue to defy the Security Council and continue with its nuclear program. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
The reserves at the Golshan gas field, 65 kilometers from the southern port city of Bushehr, is estimated more than 50 trillion cubic feet of gas and it is expected to produce 2. 5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Earlier this month, Russia delivered the first 80-tonne shipment of fuel to Iran's Bushehr power station, which Russian engineers are controversially building under a $1bn (504m) contract. Russia has been Iran's main weapons supplier for several decades. (Guardian Unlimited)
Russia said on December 17 it had delivered the first shipment of nuclear fuel to the Bushehr power plant in southern Iran, a step Moscow and Washington said should persuade Tehran to shut down its own controversial uranium enrichment activities. 2007 Reuters. (Newsmax)
A general view shows a nuclear power plant in Bushehr, about 1,215 km (755 miles) south of Tehran, Iran in this Feb. 26, 2006 file photo ... MOSCOW, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's first nuclear power plant, Bushehr, will not be completed and operational as scheduled by the end of next year, the Russian media cited the Russian contractor as saying on Thursday ... TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- A senior Iranian nuclear official said on Monday that the first shipment of nuclear fuel from Russiafor Iran's... (Xinhuanet, China)
First, it says it's just three months away from starting up its Bushehr nuclear facility, thanks to Russia's timely Christmas gift of a supply of nuclear fuel ... Besides, the $1 billion Bushehr facility has been built under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). (Investors Business Daily)
Russia is completing a 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plant for Iran outside the southern city of Bushehr ... The government has previously announced plans to built six more reactors like Bushehr to produce 7,000 megawatts of electricity through nuclear energy by 2021. (CBS News)
Russia is putting the finishing touches on a 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in Bushehr, located in southern Iran ... The government has previously announced plans to built six more reactors like Bushehr to produce 7,000 megawatts of electricity through nuclear energy by 2021, but some lawmakers say have called on the government to produce 20,000 megawatts of electricity through nuclear energy by then. (Fox News)
Russia is also putting the finishing touches on a 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in Bushehr, located in southern Iran. Iran received the first shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia last week, paving the way for the startup of its reactor in 2008. (International Herald Tribune)
A general view shows the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the Iranian Persian Gulf port of Bushehr, 1,200 kms south of Tehran, in June 2006 ... The Russian contractor company Atomstroiexport is building Iran's first atomic power plant in the southern city of Bushehr, but the 360-megawatt plant in Darkhowein would be Iran's first nuclear power plant using domestic technology ... MOSCOW, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's first nuclear power plant, Bushehr, will not be completed and operational as scheduled... (Xinhuanet, China)
MOSCOW, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's first nuclear power plant, Bushehr, will not be completed and operational as scheduled by the end of next year, the Russian media cited the Russian contractor as saying on Thursday ... Shmatko said that Russia and Iran have agreed on the new schedule for the completion of the Bushehr plant, but he refused to specify the dates. (Xinhuanet, China)
Russia said on December 17 it had delivered the first shipment of nuclear fuel to the Bushehr power plant in southern Iran, a step Moscow and Washington said should convince Tehran to shut down its own disputed uranium enrichment activities ... The Russian company building Bushehr said last week it would not be operational until at least the end of 2008 ... Atomstroiexport is building the Bushehr nuclear reactors, with the fuel supplied from Russia's state atomic energy agency, under a $1... (Newsmax)
In the international scene, Russias decision to renew fuel shipments to Irans main nuclear facility at Bushehr was interpreted by many analysts as stemming directly from the NIEs publication, the Jerusalem Post reported. Another development possibly stemming from the report is Russia and Chinas hardened position on further sanctions against Tehran. (Newsmax)
schedule of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran. The first consignment of nuclear fuel for Bushehr from Russia under the International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards finally arrived in Tehran on Monday ... "We have agreed with our Iranian colleagues a timeframe for completing the plant and we will make an announcement at the end of December," said Sergei Shmatko, president of Atomstroiexport, which is building Bushehr. (Asia Times Online)
He stopped the building of a civilian nuclear power plant near Bushehr, started by Siemens of West Germany in 1974 because he viewed it as a project inspired by US President Richard Nixon and his Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who had persuaded the Shah to build up to 22 nuclear-power plants. It was Saddam s deployment of non-conventional weapons also called weapons of mass destruction, or WMD during the Iran-Iraq War that compelled Khomeini to rethink his stance on the nuclear option as... (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
On Monday, Russia announced it was sending 80 tons of uranium fuel to Iran to help that Islamist dictatorship build a "peaceful" nuclear reactor in Bushehr ... And Russia's involvement with the Bushehr reactor dates back years ... Russia's suggestion that the West ought to sign off on the Bushehr reactor based on IAEA oversight is simply absurd. (Human Events Online)
The fuel for the Russian-built Bushehr reactor will be under International Atomic Energy Agency controls, and the depleted rods will be returned to Russia ... Russia has refused since March to complete work on Bushehr, though this never directly impinged on Iran's nuclear enrichment activities ... First, during a period when President Vladimir Putin frequently berated the Bush administration for acting unilaterally, the suspension of work on Bushehr told Washington that Russia was willing to... (Boston Globe)
WHEN Russia announced it had started shipping low-enriched uranium fuel to power the civilian nuclear reactor it is helping Iran build at Bushehr, George Bush tried to squeeze some comfort out of a piece of news which for the international effort to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions was a disappointing about-turn ... By making long-delayed fuel shipments to Bushehr now, Russia will weaken further the UN Security Council effort to end Iran's defiance. (Economist)
" The Bush administration supports a two-track strategy of increased sanctions against Iran if it refuses to halt enrichment, but diplomatic and other benefits if it complies with the Security Council, including aid for its nominally-peaceful nuclear power program. Russia this week began delivering fuel to the nuclear power plant it has completed for Iran at Bushehr on the Persian Gulf under terms mandating the return of all spent fuel to Russia. The Bush administration this week reaffirmed... (Voice of America)
The US has backed Russian fuel deliveries to Bushehr. Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station will not be operational until late 2008 at the earliest, the state-run Russian contractor building the site has said ... BUSHEHR NUCLEAR PLANT. (BBC News -- Africa)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Russia's first shipment of nuclear fuel for Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant will strengthen strategic ties between Tehran and Moscow, a top nuclear official said Wednesday. Iran received its first nuclear fuel from Russia on Monday after a long delay, paving the way for the startup of its 1000 megawatt Bushehr light-water reactor in 2008 ... "With nuclear fuel shipped to Bushehr, we are going to see a new approach in deepening strategic relations with Russia in all fields... (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Russia on Monday made its first shipment of nuclear fuel to the Bushehr plant, paving the way for the long-delayed startup of the 1,000-megawatt light-water reactor. Russian officials have said that fuel deliveries would begin about a half year before Bushehr was expected to go into service, but they remained coy about the precise launch date. (Newsmax)
Following on the heels of less-than-free-and-fair parliamentary elections, last week Russia concluded a deal with Iran to finish construction of the nuclear reactor at Bushehr early next year. And this week, Russia delivered a year's worth of nuclear fuel - 82 tons - for Bushehr, broadening and deepening Tehran's atomic aptitude and its potential for joining the once exclusive nuclear-weapons club ... The Russians' decision is a fateful one - if they really complete and fuel the Bushehr reactor... (New York Post -- Opinions)
" The Russian contractor, Atomstryexport, said last week that it had resolved the financing dispute, but provided no details. And the contractor also said it was exploring the possibility of a joint security operation with Iran at Bushehr, presumably to ensure that no fuel at the plant is diverted for other uses. Under the agreement between the two countries, spent fuel will be returned to Russia. Asked about Iran after a speech in Fredericksburg, Va., Monday, Bush said Russia "is in the process... (San Francisco Chronicle)
A female Russian technician checks equipment inside the Bushehr nuclear power plant, April 2007 ... TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Tuesday reiterated its rejection of suspending uranium enrichment, one day after the first shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia for Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station arrived in the country ... Russia delivered the first shipment of nuclear fuel to Iran on Monday for Bushehr power plant in southern Iran which is being built by the Russian contractor company... (Xinhuanet, China)
Iran, which received nuclear fuel from Russia for its Bushehr reactor, has said it will continue enriching uranium to supply a further atomic power plant. The second facility is a 360-megawatt nuclear reactor being built ``by domestic forces in Darkhoyen,'' Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said on state television on Dec. 17. (Bloomberg -- US)
The US president said he supported the deliveries to Iran's first atomic power station, the unfinished Bushehr plant, but stressed that they showed that Iran had no legitimate need to enrich uranium at home. "If the Russians are willing to do that -- which I support -- then the Iranians do not need to learn how to enrich. If the Iranians accept that uranium for a civilian nuclear power plant, then there's no need for them to learn how to enrich," he said. (Newsmax)
The U.S. has been unhappy about Russia helping Iran build the Bushehr nuclear plant. The U.S. has been unhappy about Russia helping Iran build the Bushehr nuclear plant ... The construction of the Bushehr plant has been frequently delayed. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Iran confirmed on Monday that it had received the first fuel shipment for its nuclear power plant at Bushehr, but also indicated for the first time that it was building a second nuclear power plant ... "We are building a 360-megawatt indigenous power plant in Darkhovein," he said, referring to a southern city north of Bushehr ... Bushehr and Darkhovein were both projects planned before the 1979 Revolution. (The Drudge Report)
Yesterday, Russia delivered the first shipment of nuclear fuel to the Bushehr atomic power station in southern Iran. Russia, which is building the Bushehr station under UN supervision, has been a strong opponent of the tough US stance on Iran. (Independent)
Nuclear fuel from Russia is on its way to Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant (File photo) ... Iranian news channel Al-Alam shows images of nuclear fuel containers being loaded onto trucks and heading for the Bushehr plant in the south of the country ... "The first shipment of fuel arrived at Bushehr power plant this morning, and the other shipments will follow," he said. (ABC Online)
Bushehr is only the first reactor in Iran's nuclear programme. Washington says Iran has no need to continue its own nuclear programme now that Russia has started delivering fuel to the Bushehr power plant ... It is the first time Iran has received a fuel delivery from Russia, which is building the Bushehr plant. (BBC News -- Europe)
Russia has made its first shipment of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr plant, which is at the center of the international tensions over Tehran's nuclear program, the Russian Foreign Ministry said yesterday. Iran contends the nuclear power plant operation in Bushehr is strictly for civilian purposes, but many critics suspect Tehran intends to use the plant as part of an alleged effort to develop nuclear weapons ... Construction at Bushehr had been frequently delayed. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Russia has delivered its first shipment of nuclear fuel to a reactor it is helping to build at Bushehr in Iran ... The Russian company building the Bushehr plant, Atomstroiexport, said the delivery of the enriched uranium fuel began on Sunday ... BUSHEHR NUCLEAR PLANT. (Yahoo News -- Russia)
In announcing that it had delivered the first shipment of enriched-uranium fuel rods to the power plant, at Bushehr in southern Iran, on Sunday, Russian officials said that while the fuel was in Iran, it would be under the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the nuclear monitoring agency for the United Nations ... Russia's decision to deliver fuel to Bushehr further encourages Iran, several administration officials and European diplomats said privately ... Indeed, Iran said it had... (International Herald Tribune)
The shipment of 82 tons of uranium fuel rods, to a nuclear plant that Russia is building at the Persian Gulf port of Bushehr, comes two weeks after a U.S. intelligence report concluded that Iran had a covert nuclear-weapons program but halted its development in 2003 ... Russian officials said the shipped fuel will be monitored by international inspectors and used only at Bushehr ... In announcing the first Russian fuel shipment to Iran, the Russian Foreign Ministry said it paves the way for Iran... (AZCentral -- News)
Bush and Johndroe made the remarks about Iran after the Russian contractor company Atomstroiexport announced earlier in the day that Russia supplied the first batch of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant ... An Iranian flag flies outside the building housing the reactor of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, in the Iranian port town of Bushehr April 2007 ... MOSCOW, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Russia on Monday supplied the first batch of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant... (Xinhuanet, China)
The construction of the Bushehr plant has been frequently delayed ... Russia announced last week that its construction disputes with Iran had been resolved and said fuel deliveries would begin about a half year before Bushehr was expected to go into service ... "Moreover, the Iranian side gave additional written guarantees that the fuel will be used only for the Bushehr nuclear power plant.". (Newsmax)
The 82-tonne batch, the first in a planned series of shipments, was delivered to a nuclear power station being built in the southwestern Iranian port of Bushehr ... It said there was no evidence to prove that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons, and that the Bushehr project could not be used in a weapons programme in any case ... The nuclear power station at Bushehr will receive subsequent fuel shipments in the next two months, and the plant should be operational within six months. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
MOSCOW, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Russia and Iran have reached an agreement on the Bushehr nuclear power station in Iran ... The first nuclear power station in Iran, Bushehr had been expected to start operation this past September, but the start-up has been delayed and the project remains under construction due toa dispute between Russian contractors and Iran over the terms of payment ... "The completion of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is among the most important criteria for maintaining normal... (Xinhuanet, China)
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia's Atomstroiexport corporation said Monday it had begun deliveries of nuclear fuel for Iran's first atomic power station at Bushehr. "On December 16, 2007, Atomstroiexport began delivery of the fuel for the initial installation at the future Bushehr power station," the corporation said in a statement ... Russia is close to completing construction of Bushehr, the power station at the heart of Iran's controversial nuclear programme. (Yahoo! Asia News)
The United States has urged Russia to stop building the Bushehr power plant in southwest Iran because it believes the $1 billion (495 million pound) project is part of Iran's bid to master technology that can be used to make nuclear weapons ... Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini told a weekly news conference: "Talks between Mr Mottaki and his Russian counterpart were comprehensive ... We believe the Russians are serious about completing Bushehr power plant but no date has been... (International Herald Tribune)
Both countries are frustrated by the delayed construction of the Bushehr reactor (ostensibly due to late payments on Iran's part) and disputes over Caspian Sea rights. Iran also distrusts Russia's intentions in the broader Middle East. (Boston Globe)
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