Russia To Activate Reactor At Iran's Nuclear Plant On Aug. 21

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MOSCOW, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Russia is set to activate a reactor at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Aug. 21, Russia's state-run atomic energy corporation Rosatom said Friday.

A Rosatom spokesman said Russia would help load the reactor with fuel, which would be a key step toward starting up the reactor at Iran's first nuclear power plant.

"The fuel will be loaded on Aug. 21," Rosatom spokesman Sergei Novikov was quoted by Itar-Tass news agency as saying.

"This is the start of the physical launch (of the reactor)," he said.

Rosatom director Sergei Kiriyenko and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi would be at the launching ceremony, Interfax news agency reported.

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