Rosatom to increase personnel at Bushehr nuclear plant

ANTALYA, November 13. /TASS/. Rosatom plans to increase the headcount of its personnel at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran to 300, CEO of the Russian state corporation Alexey Likhachev told reporters. "The headcount is growing at present: 180 people are already on the site; we plan to increase to 300 in the near future because we do not see far any risks related to the potential slowdown of our efforts," Likhachev said. "The situation is still tense in the region, certainly, but we in general seek after returning to the target pace of work execution and reach the planned headcount of our employees during the next year," the chief executive added.