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Russia trains 1,000 Iranians as nuclear technicians to operate Bushehr plant MOSCOW � Russia has accelerated an effort to train more than 1,000 Iranian technicians to operate the Bushehr nuclear reactor in Iran in 2006. Officials said Russian institutes have been training Iranians to operate Bushehr in time for the opening of the facility, expected late next year. They said the training is part of the $1 billion Bushehr project, which has so far been three years behind schedule. The training program is sponsored by the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency. The Novovoronezh center of the Russian Rosenergoatom Atomic Energy Concern has trained 650 Iranian technicians to operate Bushehr. The technicians received classroom instruction before moving on to help operate a Russian nuclear facility. The Iranian Atomic Energy Agency has overseen the Russian program. An Iranian official told the Moscow-based Itar-Tass news agency on March 2 that 700 Iranian engineers would be trained in the Novovoronezh center before the end of 2005. The official said the engineers and technicians would be taught practical skills in Novovoronezh. From there, he said, the Iranians would be given experience in operating a 1,000-megawatt light-water reactor similar to Bushehr. "The training takes from three months to one year," the official said. "Iranian engineers feel at home. Local residents are rather friendly." The Russian training would be extended for Iranian personnel assigned to future nuclear reactor projects, officials said. Iran has examined a Russian offer to build another six 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactors. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
