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Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.24 / Trend /
Turbines of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant's reactor with a speed of 3,000 revolutions per minute were successfully tested yesterday, IRNA quotes the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, Fereydoun Abbasi Davani as reporting.
He said capacity of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant's reactor reaches 400 megawatt.
"Necessary work is underway to launch Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant by late Ramadan month (Aug.31)," Abbasi said.
The nuclear power plant may start working with delays of 2-3 days due to Russian officials' participation in it.
On Aug. 25, 1992, Russia and Iran signed an agreement to continue construction of the nuclear power plant. In January 1995, a contract to complete work on the first power unit was signed, and in 1998 construction management was transferred to AtomStroyExport.
The U.S. and other Western countries accuse Iran of developing nuclear weapons under cover of peaceful nuclear energy program. Tehran denies the charges, saying its nuclear program is aimed at covering the country's electricity needs.