Iran’s Bushehr nuke plant to become fully operational in February 2012November 25, 2011 - 10:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Professor Fereydoun Abbasi, has said the Bushehr nuclear power plant will become fully operational, producing the maximum amount of electricity during the "Ten Days of Dawn celebrations", from February 1 to 11, 2012. "Numerous tests have to be carried out on the plant, to make sure that no technical glitches exist and the plant functions properly,” he said. He said the Bushehr plant has produced electricity on several occasions before, at less than maximum capacity of course. Abbasi said the plant was connected in a 15-day period to Iran's national electricity grid, and it produced 456 Megawatts of electricity during those 15 days. "We are currently trying to run the plant at 75 percent of maximum capacity,” he said. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |