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Russia delays Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station

Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:19am EST

MOSCOW, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Russia on Monday said it would not start a nuclear reactor at Iran's Bushehr atomic power station by the end of the year as planned, citing technical reasons.

"The launch will not happen by the end of the year," Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko told reporters. Russia's nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko said in February that the launch was scheduled for 2009.

The Bushehr plant has been delayed frequently. Russia last year completed delivery of nuclear fuel to the station under a contract estimated to be worth about $1 billion. (Reporting by Katya Golubkova, writing by Guy Faulconbridge, editing by Michael Stott)



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