Nuclear Reactor for Iran in Key Building Phase
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From Times Wire Reports
About 600 Russian specialists have begun assembling the reactor and turbine for an $800-million nuclear reactor in Iran, project officials told Itar-Tass news agency.
Washington has expressed concern that the planned 1,000-megawatt reactor in Bushehr will help advance Iran’s weapons program. But Russia has insisted that the nuclear plant would serve purely civilian purposes and remain under international supervision.
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