The Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 22Iran is negotiating with Russia on the construction of new nuclear power plants in Bushehr, Press TV reports, citing Behrouz Kamalvandi, representative of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).
& #34;Tehran and Moscow are negotiating the construction of new units at the nuclear power plant in Bushehr,» the channel said.
According to the AEOI representative, the project is in line with Iran's plan to generate at least ten thousand megawatts of electricity through the use of «We expect an exchange of delegations in the near future to implement new projects,» Kamalvandi said. According to the organization's representative, one of the planned projects with Russia in the field of nuclear energy will cost Iran about five billion dollars. states are working on the largest project in the development of nuclear energy — the construction of power units of the Bushehr nuclear power plant. The first block of the nuclear power plant, completed with the participation of Russia, was connected to the national energy system of Iran in September 2011. The construction of the second and a contract for the construction of the third power unit is underway.