Iran received the fifth shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia on Tuesday for a power plant being constructed in the southern port of Bushehr, state radio reported. The 11-ton consignment of enriched uranium arrived at the light-water Bushehr nuclear power plant on Tuesday morning, and the remainder of the fuel will arrive in three separate shipments in coming weeks, the television reported. «Of 82 tons of initial fuel needed for the Bushehr nuclear power plant, 55 tons have been shipped to Iran so far,» the television report said. Iran received the fourth shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia on Sunday. The first shipment arrived on Dec. 17. Iran has said Bushehr, the country's first nuclear reactor, will begin operating in the summer of 2008, producing half its 1,000-megawatt capacity of electricity.
