Russia delivers third fuel shipment to Iran's nuclear plant

Russia delivers third fuel shipment to Iran's nuclear plant
18/01/2008 10:02 TEHRAN, January 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia delivered
on Friday the third fuel shipment to the Bushehr nuclear power plant
it is building in southern Iran, the country's official news agency
said, citing officials.

IRNA quoted the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran as saying that 11
metric tons of low-enriched uranium had been delivered to the plant,
which has been the focus of international attention over fears Iran is
developing nuclear weapons.

The shipment is the third Russia has supplied to the Islamic Republic
under a contract. The remaining five batches will be delivered
according to a previously agreed timetable.

The first delivery to the plant, being built by Russian contractor
Atomstroyexport, came on December 16, 2007 following months of project
delays that Moscow attributed to payment arrears, but which Iran
blamed on pressure from Western nations.

Under a bilateral intergovernmental contract, Russia is set to deliver
a total of 82 metric tons of fuel divided into eight batches by late
February. Deliveries are monitored by the United Nations nuclear
watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

United States President George W. Bush, who has led international
calls for sanctions against Iran over its refusal to freeze its
nuclear program, said last month that he supported the start of
Russia's enriched uranium deliveries to the Islamic Republic, and that
Tehran no longer has any excuse to develop its own enrichment
capabilities.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov echoed Bush's comments in late
December, saying it would not be economically useful for Iran to
continue its uranium enrichment program.

However, Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali-Hamenei insisted
earlier this month that Tehran would continue enriching uranium for
future nuclear power plants.

Tehran plans to hold tenders for the construction of 19 new nuclear
reactors.


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