Russian staff of Bushehr nuclear plant to be reinstated in coming weeks: Rosatom chief

Russia’s state-run nuclear company Rosatom plans to return its staff to the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran in the coming weeks, weeks after a ceasefire was announced to halt the US-Israeli aggression against the country.

Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev said on Tuesday that the company is confident it can execute a plan in the coming weeks for the return of Russian staff to the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

Speaking to reporters in Moscow, Likhachev said that some 20 experienced Rosatom staff are still working at the Bushehr plant despite the possibility of a resumption of US-Israeli aggression against Iran.

His remarks were carried by the state-run news agency RIA.

Iran’s atomic chief denounces US-Israeli attacks on nuclear plants as ‘war crime’

AEOI says the latest US-Israeli attack on the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant amounts to a war crime, stressing that the failure of the IAEA to condemn such attacks has emboldened the aggressors.

He said that US-Israeli attacks on areas near the Bushehr nuclear power plant during the aggression that began in late February were very dangerous, adding that the warring sides are supposed to distinguish between nuclear installations and military targets to avoid a crisis.

The comments come weeks after Rosatom decided to evacuate hundreds of staff from sites in Bushehr, where the company is building two new nuclear units.

The evacuation orders came after the US and Israel carried out at least four attacks on the premises of the Bushehr nuclear plant, an electricity station located on the coast of the Persian Gulf with a capacity to produce 1,000 megawatts (MW) of power.

Rosatom has expanded its cooperation with Iran’s atomic energy organization in recent years, with the two sides agreeing to build two new 1,000 MW units at Bushehr.

The agreement is in line with Iran’s efforts to expand its use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

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