Iran gets final shipment of Russian nuclear fuel
Published: 28 January, 2008, 10:15
The Russian company building the Bushehr power plant says the final batch of enriched uranium has been sent to Iran. Atomstroyexport says the last eight tonnes of the nuclear fuel has been shipped. Tehran says the country's first nuclear reactor will sta
It will begin by producing 500 megawatts of power, half of its overall capacity.
There are fears in the international community that Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons. But Tehran insists its nuclear programme is aimed at generating electricity only.
28.01.2008, 07:52
The Media Mirror: what's in Monday’s Russian newspapers?The print media focuses on four stories. The final list of presidential candidates has been released – and it doesn’t include Kasyanov. A Western plan for Medvedev. General Sukharto dies in Indonesia, bringing an era to an end. And how a born |
28.01.2008, 10:16
Gun attack injures vice-governor in Far EastThe vice-governor of the Primorsky Region has been shot in Russia's Far Eastern city of Vladivostok. |
