TEHRAN, April 24 (RIA Novosti's Nikolai Terekhov) Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hamid Reza Asefi announced on Sunday that IAEA had acknowledged the high safety and quality level of the Bushehr nuclear power plant being constructed in Iran.
"According to the report published by IAEA several days ago, the safety and quality level of the first power plant at the Bushehr nuclear power station meets the world standards," Asefi told the journalists.
He said that Iran "pays great attention to the issues of environmental safety of the station because it does not want to create problems for neighboring countries."
"Russian experts are building the station according to all international standards," Asefi added.
Russia is nearing the conclusion of the construction of the first power plant at the Bushehr station with the capacity of 1,000 megawatt. It will become operational in 2006. At present, all necessary equipment is being installed. Six months before the launch of the station, nuclear fuel will be delivered to the facility.
