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Mon, May 9 2011 Iran nuclear plant operates at low level in key step Tweet Share this By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station has begun operating at a low level in a crucial step toward bringing it online, the Russian company that built the plant said Tuesday. The generating unit at Iran's first... Email Print Related News Iran tells EU's Ashton next atom talks must be "just" 7:35am EDT Analysis & Opinion Will there be a bin Laden peace dividend? Bin Ladenâ€™s death offers opportunity for â€˜new eraâ€™ in campaign against terror Related Topics World » Russia » Nuclear Power » Iranian workers stand in front of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, October 26, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Mehr News Agency/Majid Asgaripour By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW | Tue May 10, 2011 8:44am EDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station has begun operating at a low level in a crucial step toward bringing it online, the Russian company that built the plant said Tuesday. The generating unit at Iran's first atomic power plant was brought up to the "minimum controllable level of power" on Sunday, Atomstroyexport, the state company that builds nuclear plants abroad, said in a statement. "This means that a nuclear reaction has begun," Vladislav Bochkov, spokesman for Atomstroyexport's parent company Rosatom, told Reuters. "This is one of the final stages in the physical launch of the reactor." Begun in the 1970s by a German consortium, construction on the plant was abandoned after Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution and has faced repeated delays since the mid-1990s, when Moscow reached a $1 billion deal with Tehran to complete it. The United States and other Western nations for years urged Russia to abandon the project, fearing it would help Iran develop nuclear weapons. But an agreement obliging Tehran to repatriate spent nuclear fuel to Russia eased those concerns. Still, Iranian politicians have blamed Russia for delays in the past. Analysts say Russia, which has ties with Tehran but is one of the global powers seeking to ensure it does not develop nuclear weapons, has used the project as a lever in diplomacy. Monday, a member of an Iranian parliamentary commission monitoring Bushehr said "final tests" were being conducted, and Iran's Fars news agency said the plant would start providing power to the national grid within two months. Bochkov said the reactor's operational and safety systems were being tested at the low power level. This will be increased gradually and brought to full capacity, "and after that it will be integrated into Iran's power grid," he said. Bochkov gave no time frame for that. Iran began loading fuel into Bushehr last August in front of foreign and domestic media, touting it as a symbol of resistance to international sanctions imposed by countries that suspect the Islamic state is seeking nuclear weapons, something it denies. The plant had been expected to go online early this year, but ran into more delays including what officials said was a technical problem that required removal of the fuel assemblies. The Bushehr plant's single reactor is to produce 1,000 megawatts, about 2.5 percent of Iran's electricity usage. The oil-producing country says it plans a network of nuclear power stations. It says it wants nuclear energy solely for peaceful purposes and has defiantly rejected international calls for a halt to uranium enrichment at its Natanz nuclear complex. (Editing by Mark Heinrich) World Russia Nuclear Power Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (1) WNS818 wrote: Excellent news indeed for the people of Iran. This is also a great achievement by the Iranian government. The world knows that nuclear energy is the cleanest, most cost effective and most efficent energy source that Humans have. All the other Arab countries should also build nuclear facilities. 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