MOSCOW. Jan 17 (Interfax) - There are no viruses endangering security of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the power plant's computer network, Russian Rosatom state corporation spokesman Sergei Novikov told Interfax.
"There are no viruses in the power plant's computer network, especially in units responsible for security, because this network is totally autonomous and isolated from external sources," he said.
Fears about the possible impact of the Stuxnet computer virus on Bushehr NPP security were voiced in October 2010. Rosatom said that the virus had not reached the automatic system of control over the power plant's technological processes.
The British newspaper Daily Telegraph reanimated the subject of the virus and the Bushehr NPP on Monday. The newspaper referred to Russian specialists working in Bushehr and said that Stuxnet had done enormous damage to the reactor.
Rosatom stressed that nothing endangered the reactor control system.
The commercial launch of the Bushehr NPP is due within weeks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said recently.