About 600 Russian experts started work Sunday on a key phase of the US$800 million project to set up a nuclear reactor in Iran.
"We have reached the stage of assembling our reactor and the turbine," Viktor Kozlov, managing director of Atomstroiexport company was quoted as telling ITAR-Tass news agency.
Kozlov told ITAR-Tass that as construction of the nuclear plant in Iran enters its final stage "the number of Russian specialists will rise and will reach 2,000 people by year-end," he said.
The U.S. administration has expressed concern that the planned 1,000 megawatt reactor in Bushehr will help advance Iran's weapons program. (Albawaba.com)
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