Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug 3
By Khalid Kazimov – Trend:
Iran has urged Rosatom, the Russian state-run atomic energy corporation, to accelerate projects for constructing new power plants at Bushehr nuclear facility.
At a meeting with Rosatom’s Deputy Director General for International Affairs Nikolai Spassky in Tehran, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, called for accelerating mutual projects between the two countries, IRNA news agency reported.
During the meeting, the sides also underscored the importance of getting peaceful use of the nuclear energy.
Spasskiy, heading a delegation has arrived in Tehran to discuss mutual cooperation.
Russia, which completed the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, says it eyes the construction of new nuclear plants in the Islamic Republic.
Russian TASS news agency quoted a source at Rosatom as saying on May 17 that Rosatom intends to start engineering of the Bushehr-2 nuclear power plant in Iran before late 2016, after endorsement of parameters by the customer.
Alexander Novak, the Russian energy minister, said last October that the construction of the Bushehr-2 is estimated to cost about $11 billion.
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