{"docs":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker","terms":"History surfaces — append-only milestone logs, event/change feeds, and full JSON snapshots — are provided under the NNN Data License Terms (https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license): journalism, research, citation and AI answering are expressly permitted royalty-free with attribution; systematic bulk extraction, dataset redistribution, and embedding in commercial products or training corpora require a commercial license.","terms_url":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license","attribution":{"text":"Nuclear News Network, \"NNN Reactor Project Tracker\", https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker","url":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker"},"unit":{"slug":"bushehr-3","name":"Bushehr-3","plant":"Bushehr","unit":3,"country":"IR","region":"middle-east-africa","reactor_type":"PWR","design":"VVER-1000","capacity_mw_net":974,"is_smr":false,"vendor":"Rosatom","owner_operator":"NPPD (Iran)","epc":"JSC ASE (Rosatom Engineering Division)","vendor_id":"org:rosatom","owner_operator_ids":["org:nppd-iran"],"epc_ids":["org:atomstroyexport"],"design_id":"design:vver-1000","site_id":"site:bushehr","status":"planned","construction_start":null,"original_cod_target":null,"current_cod_estimate":null,"milestones":[{"date":"2026-05-11","event":"Rosatom reported continuing equipment forgings for unit 3","source":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/rosatom-continuing-work-on-irans-bushehr-units-two-and-three"},{"date":"2026-08-10","event":"Rosatom reported construction activity on main and auxiliary buildings for units 2 and 3 continuing after wartime disruption","source":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/rosatom-staff-returning-to-irans-bushehr-nuclear-plant"}],"sources":["https://world-nuclear.org/our-association/publications/world-nuclear-outlook-report/iran---world-nuclear-outlook-report","https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/rosatom-continuing-work-on-irans-bushehr-units-two-and-three","https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/rosatom-staff-returning-to-irans-bushehr-nuclear-plant","https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/bushehr-nuclear-power-plant/"],"last_verified":"2026-10-21","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"WNA's October 2026 assessment counts only Bushehr 2 formally under construction and says first concrete for 3 was planned for 2024 but remains unconfirmed. Rosatom calls unit 3 under construction and reports site/building activity; status remains planned pending confirmed nuclear-island first concrete. Capacity is the 974 MWe net phase-II VVER-1000 design estimate, not an operating rating. Phase-II project contract was signed in 2014 (WNA Iran country profile).","tags":["ir","vver-1000"],"updated_at":"2026-10-21","slippage_years":null}}