The head of Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, announced that 198 employees are being evacuated from the Iranian nuclear power plant built by Russia, UNN reports with reference to AP.
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Likhachev told reporters that this was the "main" and "largest wave of evacuation." He said it was planned and began on Saturday morning, shortly after an attack on the Bushehr NPP that killed a security guard, an Iranian citizen.
Buses with evacuated workers are heading to neighboring Armenia, Likhachev said, adding that Israel and the United States will be informed of their routes.
Russian media reported that Rosatom has already evacuated more than 400 employees from Bushehr.
Likhachev said that Saturday's attack was "effectively carried out on the physical security perimeter of the NPP" and that "the probability of damage, a possible nuclear incident, unfortunately, only increases every day."
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