The Russian company contracted to build Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant said the plant’s first reactor went into operation on Monday, AP reported.
The plant is scheduled to be connected to Iran’s power grid by July 9, The Tehran Times reported.
Construction of the plant, which originally began in 1972—under the direction of a German company—experienced a series of setbacks, one of them reportedly being a cyber-attack on Bushehr’s computers last September, employing the Stuxnet virus.
In a report published in February, the Institute for Science and International Security, said the attackers intended to use Stuxnet to damage and delay Iran’s nuclear operations.
Iran said that Stuxnet did not affect Bushehr, according to The Tehran Times.
Stuxnet did manage to destroy 1,000 of the 9,000 centrifuges at Iran’s Natanz nuclear plant.
The plant is scheduled to be connected to Iran’s power grid by July 9, The Tehran Times reported.
Construction of the plant, which originally began in 1972—under the direction of a German company—experienced a series of setbacks, one of them reportedly being a cyber-attack on Bushehr’s computers last September, employing the Stuxnet virus.
In a report published in February, the Institute for Science and International Security, said the attackers intended to use Stuxnet to damage and delay Iran’s nuclear operations.
Iran said that Stuxnet did not affect Bushehr, according to The Tehran Times.
Stuxnet did manage to destroy 1,000 of the 9,000 centrifuges at Iran’s Natanz nuclear plant.