A senior official of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has stated that Iran's first nuclear power plant in the Southern port city of Bushehr complies with the latest safety rules and standards, and is fully resistant to natural incidents, specially big earthquakes.
Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant can resist an earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale, plant's constructor, Fars News Agency quoted Rosatom Corporation's Programs Director Sergei Boyarkin as saying.
"The recent earthquake which jolted parts of Iran's Southwest regions had not affected the nuclear activities in Bushehr nuclear power plant," he added.
An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted the city of Khormoj in the southern province of Bushehr on Feb 5 morning.
There were no reports of any casualty or damage to property caused by the quake.
