Iran to Expand Cooperation with Rosatom on Nuclear Power Projects: CEO


Iran to Expand Cooperation with Rosatom on Nuclear Power Projects: CEO

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran plans to deepen its partnership with Russia’s Rosatom, focusing on small and large-scale nuclear power projects, according to Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev.

Following Russian-Iranian discussions at the Kremlin, Likhachev told reporters on Friday that Iran has expressed interest in advancing collaboration with Rosatom on nuclear initiatives.

“Today, our Iranian colleagues and partners requested the development of cooperation in terms of small nuclear power plants and in terms of a new site for large NPPs (nuclear power plants),” Likhachev said.

He added that discussions on constructing an additional large NPP in Iran would commence in the near future.

"The first work (cooperation in the field of small nuclear power plants) requires adjustment at the level of intergovernmental agreements, and we have already sent our partners the relevant protocol. As for the work on a new site, on large plants in addition to the Bushehr power plant, it requires very serious and deep negotiations, which we will begin in the near future," Tass reported Likhachev as saying.

During the talks, the operation of the first unit at the Bushehr NPP was formally recognized as running smoothly. The plant has generated more than 70 billion kWh of electricity to date.

Likhachev also highlighted ongoing progress on the construction of the second and third units of the Bushehr NPP, noting that work continues despite international sanctions and external pressures.

The construction of the Bushehr NPP began in 1975 under a West German firm but was halted in 1979 following the Islamic Revolution. It resumed in 1992 under a Russian-Iranian agreement. The plant’s first unit was connected to the grid in 2011 and transferred to Iran in 2013.

In 2014, a contract was signed for the construction of the second stage, encompassing two additional units, scheduled for completion in 2025 and 2027.

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