Russia readies nuclear fuel bound for Iran-RIA

MOSCOW, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Russia's atomic energy agency today said that the United Nation's nuclear watchdog would soon start inspecting and sealing nuclear fuel bound for an Iranian nuclear power plant, RIA news agency reported.

Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will inspect and seal a shipment of nuclear fuel bound for the Bushehr plant on Nov. 26 to Nov. 29, RIA quoted Russia's atomic energy agency, Rosatom, as saying.

''We are ready to provide IAEA specialists with all the conditions they need to do their work,'' RIA quoted a Rosatom official as saying.

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