A senior official said Saturday, in Tehran, Iran, Iran - the only nuclear power reactor running at full load.
Iran's deputy chief nuclear Muhammad · Ahmadian said the reactor at the Bushehr power plant was brought to its full capacity of 1,000 megawatts, "Friday night. The first time in the last year, the minimum capacity of the reactor production.
Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia helped build the nuclear power plant in the southern Iranian port city. The facility is Iran's drive to become a technology leader in a Muslim country, is the cornerstone of an ambitious space program and long-range missile development efforts. Iran has also run a small research reactor and another motive under construction heap.
The United States and some of its allies believe the Bushehr nuclear power plant as part of Iran's attempt to develop nuclear weapons. Iran denies the allegations, saying its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.
The Bushehr project's history can be traced back to 1974, when the US-backed Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi contracted with the German company Siemens to build the reactor. The company to withdraw from the project in 1979 after Iran's Islamic Revolution brought hard-line clerics powers.
In 1992, Iran and Russia signed a $ 1 billion dollars in contracts to complete the project, and began the work in 1995. Since then, the problems have plagued the project has been the construction and supply failure. According to the contract, the Bushehr nuclear power plant is scheduled to come on stream in July 1999, but has repeatedly delayed the technical failures and financial disputes.
The last reactor put into operation last summer, fully operational before the test is carried out with minimal capacity.



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