MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) Russia...
21, 2010.However, a spokesperson for Atomstroyexport, Russia"s nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly implementing the Bushehr project, has denied reports of specific deadlines for commissioning the plant.
"Nobody will tell you about specific deadlines because, although start-up operations are proceeding well, we must ensure 100% safety," the contractor company"s spokesperson Olga Tsyleva told the paper.
She said hydraulic tests of the first reactor hot/cold loop, launched in mid-November, were still underway. "We must ensure a guaranteed integration of all equipment," Tsyleva said.
The Russian nuclear sector announced initial hydraulic tests at the Bushehr plant in mid-November. On November 16, Russia"s Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said the deadline for commissioning the plant would be postponed from the end of 2009 to a later date.
"We are expecting good results by late 2009, but the plant will not be launched," Shmatko
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