OREANDA-NEWS. June 18, 2009.  Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant will be launched this year as soon as its systems and equipment undergo additional testing, says Director General of Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation.

The project is being carried out according to the schedule. Presently, the Russian and Iranian specialists are implementing the start-up stage.

This is a unique project, where we have integrated the 30-year-old German equipment. So, we can test it only through start-up activities. We are complying with the schedule but our Iranian colleagues and we realize that, in order to be 100% sure, we need additional testing and we will do it.