The head of Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation has said Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant remains fully operational and unaffected by the latest military tensions involving the United States and Iran, despite reports of ceasefire violations and renewed exchanges in the Persian Gulf region.

Rosatom CEO Aleksey Likhachev stated that Russian specialists stationed at the Bushehr facility had not observed any attacks near the plant in recent days and that conditions around the site remain “generally calm.”

Speaking in an interview published by Rosatom’s corporate newspaper Strana Rosatom on May 8, Likhachev said the facility’s sole operating reactor, Bushehr Unit 1, continues to function at full capacity despite heightened instability in the region.

The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is Iran’s only active nuclear power station and serves as a crucial part of the country’s national electricity grid. Built with Russian assistance, the plant has long been viewed as one of Tehran’s most strategically important civilian infrastructure projects.

Likhachev emphasized that the situation around the facility has stabilized in recent weeks, although Rosatom remains cautious because of the broader security environment in the Middle East. He noted that Russian staff on the ground have not reported explosions or military activity near the plant since tensions escalated again following US military operations near the Strait of Hormuz.

The latest concerns emerged after US forces reportedly carried out strikes on Iranian targets close to the strategic maritime corridor earlier this week. Tehran accused Washington of violating a........

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