Bushehr Plant

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  "Extremely Dangerous": Russia Warns US Against 'Military Intervention' In Iran-Israel War

  "We would like to particularly warn Washington against military intervention in the situation, which would be an extremely dangerous step with truly unpredictable negative consequences," Russia's foreign ministry's spokeswoman said.

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  Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down Temporarily After "Technical Fault"

  Iran's only nuclear power plant has been temporarily shut down over a "technical fault", the country's atomic energy body said in a statement.

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  5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Iran, 5 Injured: Report

  A 5.9-magnitude earthquake Sunday hit Iran's southwestern Bushehr province, which houses a nuclear power plant, injuring five people but causing no major damage, state media said.

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  Magnitude 4.5 Quake Hits Near Iran Nuclear Power Plant

  A magnitude 4.5 earthquake on Wednesday rattled an area less than 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant near the country's Gulf coast, a US monitor said.

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  5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Near Iran Nuclear Power Plant: USGS

  A 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck Iran on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the southwest.

• Russia May Build Eight Nuclear Reactors for Iran

  Russia plans to sign a contract with Iran this year to build two more nuclear reactors at its Bushehr power plant as part of a broader deal for up to eight reactors in the Islamic state, a source close to the negotiations told Reuters on Thursday.

• Earthquake strikes town in Iran near nuclear plant

  An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 has struck a town in southern Iran near a nuclear power plant.

• Iran to take control of Russian-built reactor today

  Iran will take control of a Russian-built nuclear power station at Bushehr on its Gulf coast on Monday, Iranian Atomic Energy Agency chief Ali Akbar Salehi said.

• Iran's nuclear reactor hit by 'malfunction': official

  Iran's Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant has suffered a malfunction in its main generator, the Islamic Republic's ambassador to Moscow said on Monday.

• 30 killed in strong quake near Iran nuclear plant

  A powerful earthquake struck near Iran's Gulf port city of Bushehr on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people and injuring 800 but leaving Iran's only nuclear power plant intact, officials said.

• 6.1 earthquake strikes near Iran's Nuclear city, 20 killed

  A powerful earthquake struck near Iran's Gulf port city of Bushehr on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and injuring 650 but leaving Iran's only nuclear power plant intact, officials said.

• US steps up spying over Iran's nuclear plants

  Alarmed over security of weapons-grade plutonium in Iran's secretive Bushehr nuclear plant, US has significantly stepped up spying operations over the Persian Gulf country.

• Iran to build new nuclear plant by early 2014: State TV

  Iran will build a new nuclear power plant, alongside its sole existing one in the southern city of Bushehr, by early 2014, state television reported on Sunday, quoting the head of the country's Atomic Energy Organisation.

• Quake felt 70 km from Iranian nuclear plant

  An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale was felt some 70 km from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, the US Geological Survey reported on Sunday. There were no reports of any casualties or damage to the nuclear power plant, which is expected to go online March 20.

• Iran begins fuelling first nuclear reactor

  Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel Saturday into Iran's first nuclear power plant, which Moscow has promised to safeguard to prevent material at the site from being used in any potential weapons production.After years of delays, the fuelling of the Bushehr plant in southern Iran marks the start-up of a facility for energy production t...