Iran began loading its first nuclear power plant in Bushehr with fuel yesterday. According to Iranian news agency IRNA, the fueling comes after head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi and Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency Director Sergei Kiriyenko held talks ahead of the inaugural ceremony of the plant. Salehi and Kiriyenko also signed the Bushehr operation protocol. Our correspondent has more on this. Meanwhile, the United States sees no proliferation risk from the Bushehr nuclear plant. Its State Department spokesman, Darby Holladay speaking to AFP in Washington said, the Russian involvement in the reactor, intended for civilian purposes, underscores that Iran does not need an indigenous enrichment capability if its intentions are purely peaceful.