Iran launches the first nuclear power plant

Iran's first nuclear power plant began operation last weekend, 40 years after it was started.

ISNA news agency said the Bushehr nuclear power plant connected to Iran's national electricity network at 11:29 local time on September 3, with a capacity of about 60 megawatts.

Outside of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant.

The Bushehr power plant has a total construction investment of US $ 1 billion, with a maximum capacity of 1,000 megawatts, located more than 1,000km south of Tehran. Iran hopes Bushehr will start a national network of nuclear power plants, aimed at reducing dependence on fossil energy sources .

Hamid-Khadem Qaemi, a spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said the factory will officially be opened on September 12 and will operate at 40% of capacity. The capacity will be increased to the maximum in November after the tests.

Iran's first nuclear power plant was started by Siemens in Germany in the 1970s but was delayed due to war. Later, this project was taken over by Russian engineers in 1995 and continued to be delayed for many years due to technical problems and fierce opposition from Western countries. These countries fear that Iran will develop a nuclear program to build nuclear weapons. However, Tehran rejected this allegation.

Russia will be responsible for supplying enriched uranium to the reactors and taking away used fuel.