Russia to supply Iranian nuclear plant with fuel

The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) has revealed that Russia has agreed to provide nuclear fuel for the Bushehr plant in the south of the country.

According to Iran’s Fars news agency, Ali Akbar Salehi said that a memorandum of understanding has been signed with the Russians to provide fuel. “Iran signed an agreement with Russia in 1995,” he added. “This states that if Iran establishes four fuel pools annually and 26 fuel complexes within a maximum ten years either by itself or with the help of others, Russia will evaluate them and install them in the reactor if there were no technical problems.”

Salehi hopes that by depending on the agreement and the recently-signed memorandum of understanding, Russia will cooperate more seriously in this field.