Iran Begins Building 4 More Nuclear Power Plants

Iran Begins Building 4 More Nuclear Power Plants

Tehran — Iran began construction on four more nuclear power plants in the country's south, with expected total capacity of 5,000 megawatts, the official IRNA news agency reported Thursday. Iran seeks to produce 20,000 megawatts of nuclear energy by 2041. The country has one active nuclear power plant, a 1,000 megawatt plant that went online with help from Russia in 2011. It's also building a 300-megawatt plant in the oil-rich Khuzestan province,…

Iran Begins Construction of New Nuclear Power Plant

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami, announced the start of construction of a new nuclear power plant (NPP), which is in line with the country's initiative to upgrade nuclear energy generative capacity to 20,000 megawatts, Iranian state-run news agency IRNA reported on Thursday.

Iran beginnt mit Bau von vier Kernkraftwerken

Irans Atomprogramm führt immer wieder zu Spannungen mit westlichen Staaten und ihren Verbündeten. Nun verkündet das Regime in Teheran, vier neue AKW im Süden des Landes bauen zu wollen.

Iran begins construction of four new nuclear power plants in south

Project will take nine years to complete and have expected total capacity of 5,000 megawatts

Waffenfähiges Uran in Teheran: Iran baut vier weitere Atomkraftwerke

Die internationale Aufsichtsbehörde stellt fest, dass der Iran im vergangenen Jahr mehr hochangereichertes Uran herstellt. Jetzt verkündet das Land den Bau von vier weiteren Atomkraftwerken. Westliche Länder vermuten, dass die Kraftwerke nicht nur der Energieerzeugung dienen sollen.

Iran begins building 4 more nuclear power plants amid IAEA warnings

Western officials have long suspected Tehran of looking to produce nuclear weapons, though Iran denies this.