Бушерская АЭС. Фото: Википедия
The Russian Embassy in Armenia reported another stage of the evacuation of personnel from the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran. Among those evacuated are Belarusian citizens.
According to the diplomatic mission, on March 27, 164 employees of the state corporation Rosatom evacuated from the Bushehr NPP arrived from Iran to Armenia via the Norduz/Agarak border crossing and then departed for their home countries. A special flight from Yerevan to Moscow carried not only Russian nationals but also citizens of Belarus, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Rosatom Director General Aleksei Likhachev said that 163 employees left the plant during the latest stage of evacuation.
“Today we have completed another stage of evacuating personnel from the Bushehr NPP. All 163 employees who left the station on Wednesday have already returned to our country and are now on their way home. The entire process took just over three days and went without incident. The evacuation of two more groups is in preparation. We will not delay and will send our colleagues home in the coming days as soon as everything is ready,” TASS quoted him as saying.
According to him, a minimal necessary group of personnel—several dozen people—will remain at the plant to ensure the operation and safety of the equipment, as well as the functioning of the staff residential settlement.