Iran and Russia Sign Agreement for Building a Second Nuclear Power Plant Stronger than “Bushehr”
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Spokesperson for the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, Behrouz Kamalvandi, revealed details of a new nuclear project between Iran and Russia, which involves the construction of a second nuclear power plant larger than the Bushehr plant in southern Iran, with a total capacity of 5,000 megawatts distributed over four advanced third-generation units.
The value of the project is approximately $25 billion and will be located in Sirik, Hormozgan Province, southeastern Iran, covering an area of 500 hectares. The Iranian official confirmed that site selection studies, along with engineering and environmental studies, have been successfully completed.
The project agreement was signed today, Friday, at the Iranian pavilion during the “Atom 2025” exhibition as part of the International “Nuclear Week” forum in Moscow. The agreement was signed by Dmitry Shiganov, a representative of Project Rosatom, the state-owned company, on the Russian side, and Nasser Mansour Shariflu, a representative of Iran Hormoz on behalf of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization.
This project comes as an executive step following the memorandum of understanding signed last Wednesday in Moscow between Alexey Likhachev, the CEO of Rosatom, and Mohammad Eslami, the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization.
Moscow is hosting this week the International “Nuclear Week” forum, bringing together a select group of experts to discuss the latest developments in peaceful nuclear energy and its industrial and medical applications. The forum will continue from September 25 to 30, focusing on issues related to the nuclear industry and its associated sectors.
