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Bushehr / Iran Says Work On New Unit Will Begin Next Month

By David Dalton
22 July 2019

Construction of Unit 2 is expected to be completed in 2024
Iran Says Work On New Unit Will Begin Next Month
The existing Bushehr nuclear pant in Iran. Photo courtesy US EPA.
Construction of the second phase of Bushehr nuclear power station will begin next month, the chairman of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation, Ali Akbar Salehi, has said, according to local press reports.Salam Amini, a member of the Iranian parliament’s energy committee, quoted Mr Salehi as having said on 21 July that “concrete foundations for this part of the nuclear power station will be laid next month”.Mr Salehi made the remarks during a visit to The Iranian parliament, press reports said.

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