Nuclear fuel delivery from Russia said in Iran

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Source: Reuters

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has received a second delivery of nuclear fuel from Russia for use at its Bushehr nuclear power station, the state news agency IRNA said on Friday.

In a move both Moscow and Washington said should persuade Tehran to shut down its disputed uranium enrichment programme, Russia delivered the first batch of about 80 tonnes of uranium fuel rods to Iran on December 17.

"The second shipment of containers with fuel for Bushehr was delivered to Iran on Friday (December 28)," Ahmad Fayyazbakhsh, Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation's deputy head in charge of power plants, told IRNA.

"The cargo was delivered to Iran based on the planned timetable."

Russian officials have said the final shipment of fuel to Bushehr would arrive in February next year, allowing Iran's first nuclear power station to start operating six months later.



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