VIENNA, September 21 (RIA Novosti's Borislav Pechnikov) - The agreement on the storage of nuclear waste from the Bushehr plant is being held up by the absence of an appropriate commercial deal, Alexander Rumyantsev, head of Russia's Federal Nuclear Power Agency, said Tuesday in a RIA interview.
Mr Rumyantsev pointed out that "the construction of the Bushehr power plant is the only cooperation project between Russia and Iran in the nuclear industry." "This project will be implemented in strict compliance with the international law and the regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency," he said.
The Russian official also said that in his view, the IAEA Board of Governors' resolution on the Iranian nuclear programs, which demands that Teheran stop its works to enrich uranium and respond to all of the agency's questions till November 25, does not cover the Bushehr station.
Rumyantsev is now in Vienna, where he is attending the 48th session of the IAEA General Conference as the leader of the Russian delegation.
