Iran nuclear plant begins operating at low level

11.05.2011                      07.Ijar, 5771                      Tag 21 des Omer

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Iran nuclear plant begins operating at low level

Russian company that built the plant said the generating unit at Iran's first atomic power plant was brought up to the 'minimum controllable level of power,' meaning that the nuclear reaction has begun.

Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station has begun operating at a low level in a crucial step towards bringing it online, the Russian company that built the plant said on Tuesday.
The generating unit at Iran's first atomic power plant was brought up to the "minimum controllable level of power" on Sunday, Atomstroyexport, the state company that builds nuclear plants abroad, said in a statement….