MOSCOW, November 22 (RIA Novosti) - The nuclear power plant in the Iranian city of Bushehr is technically unprepared for accepting nuclear fuel, a senior official from the Russian Federal Agency for Nuclear Power said Tuesday.
Alexander Shmygin said it was unnecessary to supply nuclear fuel to Bushehr as it was "very difficult" to keep it in the Persian Gulf.
"The fuel that is being kept at a Russian plant is safe and we guarantee its safety," he said.
Shmygin said the $800-million nuclear reactor in Bushehr was expected to be launched in mid-2006.
