Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:0
China to Build Nuclear Power Plants for Iran
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and China will partner in the construction of nuclear
power plants, Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI)
Behrouz Kamalvandi announced on Tuesday.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran plans to produce at least 190,000 SWUs
(Separative Work Units) of nuclear fuel at the industrial scale, while we
also think about 1,000,000 SWUs, which will be needed to fuel 5 power plants
like Bushehr (nuclear power plant)," Kamalvandi said, addressing a meeting
dubbed as 'an Analysis of Lausanne Statement' in Tehran on Tuesday.

"This is the reason why we have inked an agreement with the Russians to
construct two nuclear power plants for the generation of electricity while
the Chinese will also enter this arena soon," he added.

Elsewhere, Kamalvandi referred to the contents of the Lausanne nuclear
statement issued by Iran and the world powers on April 2, and said based on
the statement, Iran has accepted little limitations on its Research and
Development (R&D) program, which will come to an end after a 10-year period.

Noting that based on the statement, the Fordo uranium enrichment facility in
Central Iran will be kept intact, he said that over 1,000 centrifuges will
remain at Fordo.

On Saturday, Kamalvandi announced the country's plans to build small nuclear
power plants on the rims of the Persian Gulf to desalinate water.

"The AEOI plans to build small power plants in the Southern parts of the
country for desalination purposes. Construction of such power plants are on
the agenda and will be materialized in the next few years," the spokesman
said.

Stressing that the AEOI seriously pursued building of large nuclear power
plants too, he said, "At present, the world is moving towards the
construction of small power plants since they can have different
applications."

Kamalvandi said that two or three small nuclear power plants could also be
built beside each other and form a mid-size power plant.

Kamalvandi announced in December that the AEOI had started building two new
nuclear power plants in the Southern province of Bushehr.

"We have entered the executive phase of the construction of these two
nuclear power plants based on the contract signed between Tehran and Moscow
in March to construct the plants," he said.

In March 2014, Russia's Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation and the AEOI
reached an agreement to construct at least two more nuclear power plants in
Bushehr.

According to Kamalvandi, the agreement is part of a 1992 deal between the
two countries on further nuclear cooperation.

Under the agreement, the new facilities will be built next to the first unit
of the Bushehr nuclear power plant and each will have the capacity to
produce at least 1,000 megawatts of electricity, Kamalvandi said, adding
that the deal also includes the construction of two desalination units.