Rosatom Chief: Bushehr Nuclear Plant Situation Calm, After Putin-Pezeshkian Talks

Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian held detailed talks on the status of Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek on Tuesday, September 1, 2026 (10 Shahrivar 1405). Per RT, cited by Mehr and Donya-e-Eqtesad, Likhachev said the situation at Bushehr is calm and that the nuclear fuel needed to replace part of Unit 1's fuel assemblies, ahead of planned maintenance in mid-September, has been delivered. Rosatom experts have said they are ready to take part in the maintenance work.