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Iran completes first phase of new nuclear power plant

mahla — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 21:51:53 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) –The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the first phase of constructing a new power plant in the southern province of Khuzestan has been completed.

Mohammad Eslami said on Friday that the construction of the main facility of the power plant is underway in the city of Darkhovein.

He said that the Karoon nuclear power plant, Iran’s first domestically designed and constructed nuclear power facility, is being prepared for the second phase of construction.The AEOI chief said foreign contractors, under immense pressure from the West, failed to fulfill their commitment to construct the nuclear power plants and the projects were shelved.

However, Iran decided to advance the construction of the power plants by relying on domestic capabilities and potentials, he added.

Eslami, who was in Khuzestan province to inspect the progress of the project, said on Thursday that Iran is using nuclear technology products in 150 large industrial complexes.

He explained that the AEOI produces tools that are used not only in the nuclear industry but also in other sensitive industries such as oil, gas and petrochemicals.

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Bushehr Nuclear Plant Reconnected to National Grid

reporter 1222 — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 09:55:00 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran has been reconnected to the national grid after periodic maintenance and fuel reloading, head of the plant said.

Reza Banazadeh said the power plant has resumed supplying electricity to the national grid after an overhaul operation, inspection and fuel reloading.

He noted that the “very complicated and sensitive process” of fuel reloading at the reactor of the nuclear power plant has been carried out by Iranian experts using a unique instrument known as “fuel reloading robot.”

A third of the fuel packs at the heart of the plant’s reactor was replaced during the outage period, he added.

Since coming into operation in 2011, the nuclear plant has generated over 43 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, Banazadeh stated.

In September 2013, Iran took temporary control of the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

Russia has agreed to provide the power plant’s fuel for 10 years, with the supply deal committing Tehran to return the spent fuel.

The power plant became officially operational and was connected to Iran’s national grid in September 2011.

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Iran nuclear electricity generation will reach 3,000 MW by 2027

reporter 1222 — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 12:59:13 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi announced on Sunday that Iran nuclear electricity generation will increase up to 3,000 megawatts by 2027, which will avert emission of 21 million tons of pollutant gases.

Making the remarks during the ceremony to start laying the concrete foundations of the second unit of Bushehr nuclear power plant, the AEOI chief added that Bushehr plant will help the country save $660 million per year.

Describing that each nuclear power plant can stay online for about 60 years and more, Salehi added that each plant costs $5 billion and can return its initial construction costs in six years after becoming operational.

The Iranian official also informed that Bushehr plant, which is safe and secure, can provide local residents with 200,000 to 400,000 cubic meters of potable water in the future.

Concrete placement in foundations of the second unit of Bushehr nuclear power plant kicked off on Sunday in the presence of Salhi, some Iranian officials and the President of ASE Group of Companies of the Russian Federation’s power equipment and service exporter, Atomstroyexport, Alexander Lokshin.

On November 2, the IAEO chief underscored that Iran will continue its discovery and extraction plans powerfully and that under JCPOA, the country had not abdicated its rights but had only accepted time and numerical restrictions.

As previously reported, the second unit of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is scheduled to come on stream in 6 years, while the third unit will be finished in 8 years.

The 2nd and 3rd units of the Bushehr plant will increase the share of nuclear power in Iran’s electricity supply to amounts well beyond the current 2.7 percent.

In November 2014, the Nuclear Power Production and Development Company of Iran (NPPD) and Russia’s Atomstroiexport signed two contracts to work on parts of the 2nd and 3rd units.

A total of $10 billion has been allocated for the construction of the two units.

The capacity of the second phase of Iran nuclear electricity generation is expected to stand above 1,000 megawatts (MW). The total capacity of the two units of WWER-1,000 (Water-Water Energetic Reactor) will be 2,100 megawatts.

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