Russian Nuclear Group Inks $25-Billion Deal to Build Nuclear Power Plants in Iran

The news agency of the Islamic Republic (IRNA) said that Iranian officials had signed an agreement with Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear company, to build at least four nuclear power plants in Iran. The $ 25 billion agreement announced on September 26 occurs two days after Rosatom said officials said they had signed a memorandum of understanding to advance the construction of nuclear energy technology in Iran. On Wednesday, Rosatom did not disclose the number of reactors he built, saying that only it would work with Iran on the construction of small nuclear power plants. THE Moscow Times News Service said the agreement had been signed a few hours before more United Nations sanctions should be placed on Iran, including on its nuclear program. The Agreement comes while European officials are ready to institute that are called “sanctions to Snapback against Iran, linked to the 2015 Agreement on the Iranian nuclear program. Great Britain, France and Germany triggered the sanctions last month, accusing Iran of not having respected its commitments under the agreement. of the United Nations offered a resolution project to authorize an additional six months for interviews, although most political analysts said it was unlikely to have enough support to pass.

Adding nuclear production capacity

On Friday, Iranian state television reported that “an agreement for the construction of four nuclear power plants with a value of 25 billion dollars in Sirik, Hormozgan was signed between the Iranian company Hormoz and Rosatom”. Iran currently has only one nuclear power plant. The installation of 1 GW Bushehr is located in the southern part of the country. The IRNA reported that each of the four new reactors would have 1,255 MW of generation capacity. No calendar has been reported for this construction. Construction continues in two new units in Bushehr, work that started in 2019 and 2020. The units designed by Russian, which are Vver-1000 reactors, could be online next year, according to Russian officials. The latest agreement is taking place this week in Moscow this week by Mohammad Eslami, Iranian vice-president and head of his nuclear program. Eslami said that at least four future reactors are said to be located in Bushehr. Iran has a reported objective to generate at least 20 GW of nuclear energy electricity by 2040. Russian officials earlier this year said they had a plan to build at least eight reactors in Iran. –Darrell Proctor is a editor -in -chief of Power.