 In 2001, several items for the NPP—in particular, the footing for the reactor and four 82-ton water tanks—were manufactured on Atommash, Russia's nuclear engineering flagship.In response to American and European pressure on Russia, a new revised agreement was reached in September 2006, under which fuel deliveries to Bushehr were scheduled to start in March 2007 and the plant was due to come on stream in September 2007 after years of delays.In February 2007, the work on the site faltered due to funding shortages, and Atomstroyexport reduced the number of employees working on the site from 3,000 to just 800.