Iran press/Iran news: A member of the Energy commission in the Iranian Parliament, Jalal Mirzaee quoted the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi, as saying that work on laying the concrete foundations of the Bushehr-2 nuclear power plant will begin next month, with Russia's participation in the project.
According to an Iran Press report, Mirzaee also confirmed that Salehi had attended the meeting of the Majlis Energy Commission on Sunday afternoon, and had submitted a report regarding Iran's peaceful nuclear activities to parliamentarians. Ali Akbar Salehi also provided Iranian lawmakers with AEOI's latest report about the proposed Bushehr-2 nuclear power plant.
Russian-built Bushehr 1 - the first nuclear power unit in the Middle East - was connected to the national grid on 3 September 2011. Bushehr units 2 and 3 are to be completed in 2024 and 2026, respectively.
Bushehr-1 nuclear power
Rosatom subsidiary ASE, which is the general contractor for the Bushehr project, and Nuclear Power Production and Development Company of Iran signed an EPC turnkey contract for construction of the units at Bushehr in November 2014.
The two VVER-1000 units will be built with Generation III+ technology, including the latest safety features, and have a combined capacity of 2100 MWe, ASE has said.
Russian-built Bushehr 1 was connected to the national grid on 3 September 2011 and became the first nuclear power plant in the Middle East.
The first foundation stone for units 2 and 3 of the Bushehr nuclear power plant was laid in a ceremony held at the construction site in southern Iran in September 2016.
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