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Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Russia to start building 2 nuclear reactors in Iran
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRussia will start constructing two nuclear reactors in Iran next week, the spokesman for the Iranian atomic agency says.
It comes a year after Tehran signed a contract with Moscow to build two reactors at the existing Russian-built Bushehr power plant in southern Iran.
Work on the two reactors “will commence next week,” the state television website quotes Behrouz Kamalvandi as saying.
A series of agreements signed between the two countries last year foresees eventually increasing the total number of Russian-built reactors in the country to nine.
The start of construction follows a historic deal between Iran and world powers in July that ends a decade-long standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program.
The accord does not limit Iran’s development of civilian nuclear sites.
— AFP
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