Iran building two new reactors at Bushehr nuclear plant
TEHRAN, Iran (AA): Iran is building two new reactors at the Bushehr nuclear power plant to fulfill the country’s growing electricity needs.
Bushehr Governor Ahmad Mohammadizadeh said the new reactors, being built by young Iranian engineers without any help from foreign experts, would each have a capacity of 1,800 megawatts.
Bushehr nuclear power plant, the only functional reactor in Iran with a capacity of 1,000 megawatts, was built by Russian engineers and handed over to Iran’s atomic energy agency in September 2013.
Iran’s nuclear agency chief Mohammad Eslami recently said around 150 nuclear projects are currently under construction across the country, hailing it as an “achievement.”
One of the nuclear power plants being constructed with indigenous technology is located in Shadegan County of southwestern Khuzestan province, which is expected to take eight more years to complete.
The ramping up of nuclear enrichment by Iran has caused concern in the West, but Iranian authorities maintain that they don’t intend to build a nuclear bomb.
Bushehr nuclear plant is not included in the nuclear row between Iran and the Western countries as Russia has been managing its nuclear fuel cycle.
Iranian authorities say the expansion of the Bushehr nuclear plant is necessary to meet the growing demand for electricity in the country with daily outages affecting consumers.
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