| Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant | |
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| Country | Iran |
| Location | Bushehr |
| Coordinates | 28°49′46.64″N 50°53′09.46″E / 28.8296222°N 50.8859611°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1 May 1975; 1995; 2016 |
| Commission date | 3 September 2011 |
| Owners | Masna, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran |
| Operators | Masna, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | VVER-1000/446 |
| Reactor supplier | Atomstroyexport |
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| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 × 1000 MW |
| Make and model | LMZ Electrosila |
| Units planned | 1 × 1050 MW |
| Units cancelled | 1 × 1000 MW |
| Units under const. | 1 × 1050 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 915 MW |
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The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (Persian: نیروگاه اتمی بوشهر) is a nuclear power plant in Iran 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) south of Tehran (17 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of the city of Bushehr), between the fishing villages of Halileh and Bandargeh along the Persian Gulf.
Construction of the plant was started in 1975 by German companies, but the work was stopped in 1979 after the Islamic revolution of Iran. The site was repeatedly bombed during the Iran–Iraq war. Later, a contract for finishing the plant was signed between Iran and the Russian Ministry for Atomic Energy in 1995, with Russia's Atomstroyexport named as the main contractor. The work was delayed several years by technical and financial challenges as well as by political pressure from the West. After construction was again in danger of being stopped in 2007, a renewed agreement was reached in which the Iranians promised to compensate for rising costs and inflation after completion of the plant.[1] Delivery of nuclear fuel started the same year. The plant started adding electricity to the national grid on 3 September 2011,[2] and was officially opened in a ceremony on 12 September 2011, attended by Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko and head of the Rosatom Sergey Kiriyenko.[citation needed]
The project is considered unique in terms of its technology, the political environment and the challenging physical climate.[1][3] It is the first civilian nuclear power plant built in the Middle East.[4] Several research reactors had been built earlier in the Middle East: two in Iraq, two in Israel, one in Syria and three in Iran.[5]
In August 2013, the head of Russian nuclear regulator Rosatom said that the state company would soon sign documents transferring operational control of the Bushehr nuclear power plant to Iran, and on 23 September 2013, operational control was transferred.[6][7][8]
In November 2014 Iran and Russia signed an agreement to build two new nuclear reactors at the Bushehr site, with an option of six more at other sites later.[9] Construction formally started on 14 March 2017.[10]
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