Russian official: Bushehr nuclear power plant working normally

Head of the Russian State Nuclear Energy Corporation Sergey Kiriyenko reiterated that Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is continuing its normal activities after the recent quake.An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Kaki in Bushehr province last Tuesday, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 850 others."The Bushehr nuclear power plant operates normally and there is nothing to worry about," Kiriyenko said on Monday.He noted that Bushehr nuclear power plant is resistant to earthquake and can resist quakes with a magnitude of about nine on the Richter scale.On Wednesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the recent earthquake has not affected the country's Bushehr nuclear power plant."Iran has informed (the IAEA's Incident and Emergency Center) of the event, reporting that there has been no damage to the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant and no radioactive release from the installation," the IAEA said in a statement.In similar remarks earlier, a spokesman for Russia's Atomstroyexport, a Rosatom subsidiary that completed the construction of the Bushehr power plant, confirmed that the earthquake has left no impact on the plant and the facility is continuing its operation normally."Tremors were felt at the plant, but the earthquake did not affect the standard situation at the energy block. All personnel continue to work in the normal regime, the levels of radiation are within the norms," he said.