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The construction of power units No. 2 and No. 3 at the Bushehr NPP is being carried out with the participation of Russian specialists. The first block of the station is already in operation and operating at full capacity.
Rosatom is consistently increasing the number of personnel at the Bushehr nuclear power plant construction site in Iran. Last night, another 18 specialists joined our team, which, together with Iranian contractors, is constructing power units No. 2 and 3. Thus, the total number of the Russian group has reached 63 people. He added that in the near future the number of Rosatom employees - highly qualified specialists from among engineering and technical personnel - will continue to increase. Currently, the main efforts at the construction site are concentrated on the construction of reactor shops and machine rooms of two power units, Likhachev noted. The first operating unit, according to him, carries a load of 100% capacity.
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The number of Russian specialists at the Bushehr NPP will continue to increase in the near future
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