Likhachev announced the continuation of the first unit of the Bushehr NPP

The first unit of the Bushehr NPP continues to operate, and several dozen people will remain at the site to maintain it. This was announced on April 2 by Alexey Likhachev, head of the Rosatom State Corporation.

"The Bushehr station continues to operate the first unit. Several dozen people will remain at the site, because it is necessary to maintain the efficiency of both the construction site and the residential town, and, of course, to assist the Iranian partners in the operation of unit No. 1," Likhachev said.

He noted that only a very limited number of volunteers will remain. At the same time, the main task of the state corporation is now the final stage of evacuation of people from the station, within which it is planned to take out more than 200 people.

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The day before, Likhachev said that the Bushehr NPP was not getting any quieter, explosions were recorded literally hundreds of meters from the city. At the same time, he stressed that after the end of the large-scale evacuation, 50 volunteers will remain at the station.

On March 24, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the IAEA's response to threats to nuclear security in the Middle East was inadequate. According to him, what is happening in the Middle East poses a threat not only to regional, but also to global stability, including world trade, energy security and international transport links.

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