The head of the Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) of Iran says the process of loading fuel into the core of the Bushehr power plant's reactor has been completed.
"The loading of the last fuel rods into the core of the Bushehr power plant completed the reactor's fueling process successfully and the plant was capped," Ali Akbar Salehi said on Wednesday, Press TV reported.
The loading of fuel rods into the core of the reactor was the key part of the operation and there will be no access to the core after the plant is capped, he added.
The AEOI head stressed that all the tests needed to put the Bushehr power plant into operation have been successfully conducted, adding that the reactor would be able to generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity within the next six to nine months.
The 1,000 megawatts of electricity generated at the Bushehr plant equals one fortieth of the country's electricity needs, he continued.
Salehi went on to say that at the time of reactors' connection to the national grid, the plant will be able to generate 40 percent of the required electricity.
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