Iranians start reactor test run (BBC)

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Iranian and Russian nuclear officials have begun a test run of Iran's first nuclear power plant.

The test involves dummy rods that imitate the enriched uranium needed to run the Russian-built plant at Bushehr.

The test is likely to fuel fears in the West about Iran's nuclear ambitions, though Tehran says they are peaceful.

An Iranian official told journalists at Bushehr that Iran had increased the number of its centrifuges enriching uranium at another site to 6,000.

Vice-President and nuclear chief Gholam Reza Aghazadeh said activity at Natanz, where the centrifuges are operating, had continued at a steady pace.
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