"personnel should not focus on such marginal issues as the accurate date of
commissioning at the cost of ignoring importance to taking main safety
measures"

1st phase of Bushehr NPP to be operational by end of Ramadan
News Code: 30519920 (1975450) Publish Date :
23/05/1390 - 18:43
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Tehran, Aug 14, IRNA – Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO),
Fereydoun Abbasi, said here on Sunday that the first phase of Bushehr
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) will be commissioned by the end of the fasting
month of Ramadan (August 2-31).

Abbasi noted that since the plant will be commissioned in various stages
after necessary tests, the personnel should not focus on such marginal
issues as the accurate date of commissioning at the cost of ignoring
importance to taking main safety measures.

The official stressed the need to observe high standard safety measures,
mainly because of the incidents that happened in Fukushima Power Plant
already.

If the tests are completed, the power plant will surely become operational
by the end of Ramadan, Abbasi said.

Abbasi projected that the plant will be inaugurated later November or
December.

He further noted that the commissioning was time-consuming in view of
observing even the slightest international standards on the project.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has always been monitoring
various stages of the project, he said, noting that the plant will have no
pollution and the reactors have been designed so carefully that the people
can approach them.

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