Iran lays the foundations of its second nuclear reactor
As the Middle East explodes, Iran has begun pouring the concrete foundations for its second nuclear reactor near the southern port of Bushehr.
Overseeing the process on Sunday evening, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) head Mohammad Eslami said government support accelerated the construction of the two reactors under deals worth 1.8 billion euros.
“Construction work at Bushehr's two nuclear reactors has increased tenfold compared to previous years. The people involved in the project worked around the clock in three shifts,” he added.
Eslmai also expressed hope that concrete pouring operations in the third nuclear reactor will soon begin. Here is the area of Iran where the plant is being built
“We hope that the second unit will be completed and inaugurated in less than 5 years and the third unit a year and a half later,” he added.
Iran's 1,000 megawatt Bushehr nuclear power plant was built by Russia after years of delay and officially delivered in September 2013. Because Iran has had nuclear power, albeit of Russian origin, for over 10 years.
In reality, the planning of the Bushehr nuclear power plant actually began at the time of the Shah, in 1975, when the government even thought about a network of power plants. Construction, at the time under contract to Germany, was interrupted with the 1979 revolution and then resumed, slowly, at the end of the nineties, but with a Russian contract. The first reactor entered full service in 2013 and has a power of 1000 MW/h.
The head of Iran's nuclear sector said the plant produced a total of 60 billion kilowatt hours (kw/h) of electricity, including 7 billion kw/h last year.
Masoud Nasouri, the project engineer for the construction of the second and third Bushehr reactors, said that both units will save the country 10 million barrels of oil and 1,600 billion cubic meters of gas per year and will avoid the emission of 7 million barrels of oil and 1,600 billion cubic meters of gas per year. tons of toxic gases.
In recent years, Iran has seen many achievements in its peaceful nuclear energy program, despite US sanctions and obstacles created by the West.
The country also cooperated closely with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
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