Iran to build two nuclear power plants in its southern province
27.07.2015,
13:57
Iran is planning to build two nuclear power plants in the southern territory of the country, Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, is quoted by PRIME as saying.
YEREVAN, July 27. /ARKA/. Iran is planning to build two nuclear power plants in the southern territory of the country, Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, is quoted by PRIME as saying.
Irania's Press TV said that Salehi made the announcement during a live IRIB television broadcast on Sunday night.
He said the new plants would cost around 10 billion dollars and around 15,000 technicians would be required to work on the projects over the next three or four years.
Salehi also said the agreement between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency was not a confidential matter adding that further negotiations must be carried out in connection to IAEA experts traveling to Iran for inspections as part of a nuclear conclusion between Tehran and the global powers.
Carrying out the inspections is, however, a “matter of secrecy”, Salehi noted, adding, the agency would announce the outcome of the inspections on December 15.
In regard to the redesigning of the Arak nuclear reactor and other projects, Salehi said talks were being held with China.
“Our experts have traveled to China a few times and Chinese experts have traveled to our country a few times. In Vienna, we talked with the Americans and the Chinese and we agreed on holding a trilateral meeting between Tehran, Washington, and Beijing in China,” he was quoted as saying by IRNA.
Iran and the P5+1 – the US, Britain, Russia, China, France, and Germany – finally succeeded in finalizing the text of an agreement, dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in Vienna on July 14 after 18 days of intense talks over the matter. --0----
Irania's Press TV said that Salehi made the announcement during a live IRIB television broadcast on Sunday night.
He said the new plants would cost around 10 billion dollars and around 15,000 technicians would be required to work on the projects over the next three or four years.
Salehi also said the agreement between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency was not a confidential matter adding that further negotiations must be carried out in connection to IAEA experts traveling to Iran for inspections as part of a nuclear conclusion between Tehran and the global powers.
Carrying out the inspections is, however, a “matter of secrecy”, Salehi noted, adding, the agency would announce the outcome of the inspections on December 15.
In regard to the redesigning of the Arak nuclear reactor and other projects, Salehi said talks were being held with China.
“Our experts have traveled to China a few times and Chinese experts have traveled to our country a few times. In Vienna, we talked with the Americans and the Chinese and we agreed on holding a trilateral meeting between Tehran, Washington, and Beijing in China,” he was quoted as saying by IRNA.
Iran and the P5+1 – the US, Britain, Russia, China, France, and Germany – finally succeeded in finalizing the text of an agreement, dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in Vienna on July 14 after 18 days of intense talks over the matter. --0----
