Russias Rusatom Service expects to sign Irans Bushehr nuclear power plant four-year contract by the end of 2016.
PARIS (Sputnik) Russias Rusatom Service, a subsidiary ofthe Rosatom atomic energy corporation, expects tosign a four-year contract toservice unit 1 ofIrans Bushehr nuclear power plant bythe end of2016, Rusatom Service Deputy General Director Mikhail Poznyakov said Monday.
"We will sign a new four-year contract atthe end ofthis year," Poznyakov said ata seminar onRussian-French nuclear energy cooperation, adding that Tehran requested Moscow toprovide maintenance staff forthe unit.
In 2014, Iran and Russia agreed onbuilding two new nuclear reactors onthe site ofBushehr, starting fall 2015.