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December 17, 2007

Russia Begins Delivering Fuel to Iranian Nuclear Power Plant
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1A9BE0E:A6F02AD83191E1601A67675762B448A77F0EB4B66EA3A89D& Russian foreign
ministry says fuel will be under control and guarantees of
International Atomic Energy Agency during time it is in Iranian
territory The Russian state agency building Iran's Bushehr nuclear
power station has made its first shipment of fuel to the facility.







A general view shows the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power
plant, in southern Iran (File)Atomstroiexport issued a statement
Monday announcing the delivery to Bushehr - Iran's first nuclear power
plant.

Russia's foreign ministry said Monday that the fuel will be under the
control and guarantees of the International Atomic Energy Agency for
the whole time it is in Iranian territory.

Tehran argues that nuclear work at Bushehr and elsewhere is strictly
for civilian purposes. But the United States and its Western allies
have accused Iran of using the programs as a cover to develop nuclear
weapons.

An Israeli delegation is in the United States in an effort to convince
U.S. officials that Iran is still developing nuclear weapons --
despite a recent U.S. intelligence report that said Tehran stopped its
nuclear weapons program in 2003.

The report also said Iran continues to enrich uranium and would have
enough for a nuclear weapon sometime between 2010 and 2015.

Enriching uranium is a process that can produce fuel for nuclear
weapons.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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