Iran plugs first nuclear power plant into grid
By Mitra Amiri | China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-06 08:18
Iranian workers stand in front of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, about 1,200 kilometers south of Teheran. Majid Asgaripour / Mehr News Agency via Reuters |
TEHERAN, Iran - Iran's first nuclear power plant has finally begun to provide electricity to the national grid, official media reported on Sunday, a long-delayed milestone in the nuclear ambitions of a country the West fears is covertly try to develop atomic bombs.
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