Tehran(IP) - The head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said that the construction of the 300 MW Karun power plant has started and the contracts for the internal construction of the equipment have been concluded.

Iran PressIran News: Speaking on the sidelines of today's meeting of the cabinet meeting, Mohammad Eslami told reporters: "In the implementation of the 20-year document of the Atomic Energy Organization, we have the nuclear fuel cycle and the development of mining industry activities on our agenda, and yesterday we started the operation of the 12th mine in West Azerbaijan. This activity is an investment of 5 thousand billion to extract radioactive materials."

He said about the construction of the Karun power plant: "Its work has started and the contracts for the internal construction of the equipment have been concluded."

He added: "This is a 300 MW nuclear power plant that we had to supply water and electricity for its prerequisite activities, and we were building a 24 MW CHP and water desalination plant, which is currently being implemented."

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