Iran has proposed to Russia establishing a nuclear consortium to supply fuel to the Bushehr plant and other nuclear power plants that will be set up in the future, Iran's nuclear chief said.

"We have put forward a proposal to Russia... Moscow is studying the proposal now," Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), was quoted by Iran Press TV as saying.

Fuel was loaded into the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant on August 21 but Iran says it will continue uranium enrichment since it cannot depend on foreign sources forever to get the required fuel.

"Suppose we receive the required nuclear fuel for the plant from the Russians for the next ten years, what are we going to do for the next 30 to 50 years?" Salehi said before the Bushehr plant was launched, RIA Novosti reported.