Iran begins construction on second nuclear power plant

[HAIDER]

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran began building its second nuclear power plant with Russian help on Saturday, the first such project since last year’s landmark nuclear deal with world powers.
The project in the southern port city of Bushehr will eventually include two power plants expected to go online in 10 years. Construction on the second plant is set to begin in 2018. The entire project will cost more than $8.5 billion, with each plant producing 1,057 megawatts of electricity.

“Construction of the power plant is a symbol of Iran enjoying the results of the nuclear deal,” Senior Vice-President Ishaq Jahangiri said at a ceremony marking the start of the project.

“We will continue working with Russia as a strategic partner and friend,” he added.
Iran’s sole operational nuclear reactor, also built in Bushehr with Russian assistance, produces 1,000 megawatts. It went online in 2011, and the two countries have agreed to cooperate on future projects.

Iran has a current capacity of 75,000 megawatts, nearly 90 percent coming from fossil fuels. It hopes to generate 20,000 megawatts of electricity through nuclear power in the next 15 years.

Sergey Kiriyenko, the head of Russia’s atomic agency, told reporters the plants would be built according to high safety standards, “particularly those defined after Fukushima,” referring to the Japanese nuclear power plant that was badly damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Iran’s top nuclear official, Ali Akbar Salehi, said the project would be monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency and was in line with the Non-Proliferation Treaty. He called the project “a new page in the trend of our peaceful industrial nuclear activities.”

Western nations do not view the Bushehr plant as a proliferation risk because Russia supplies the fuel for the reactor and takes away spent fuel that could otherwise be used to make weapons-grade plutonium.

Russia, along the United States, Britain, France, Germany and China, reached a deal with Iran last year in which Tehran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions. Iran rejects Western allegations that it is covertly seeking nuclear weapons, insisting its atomic program is for entirely peaceful purposes.

© 2016 The Associated Press.

 

[war&peace]

I hope this is under IAEA safeguards and will only be used for peaceful purposes.

 

[Fafnir]

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran began building its second nuclear power plant with Russian help on Saturday, the first such project since last year’s landmark nuclear deal with world powers.
The project in the southern port city of Bushehr will eventually include two power plants expected to go online in 10 years. Construction on the second plant is set to begin in 2018. The entire project will cost more than $8.5 billion, with each plant producing 1,057 megawatts of electricity.

“Construction of the power plant is a symbol of Iran enjoying the results of the nuclear deal,” Senior Vice-President Ishaq Jahangiri said at a ceremony marking the start of the project.

“We will continue working with Russia as a strategic partner and friend,” he added.
Iran’s sole operational nuclear reactor, also built in Bushehr with Russian assistance, produces 1,000 megawatts. It went online in 2011, and the two countries have agreed to cooperate on future projects.

Iran has a current capacity of 75,000 megawatts, nearly 90 percent coming from fossil fuels. It hopes to generate 20,000 megawatts of electricity through nuclear power in the next 15 years.

Sergey Kiriyenko, the head of Russia’s atomic agency, told reporters the plants would be built according to high safety standards, “particularly those defined after Fukushima,” referring to the Japanese nuclear power plant that was badly damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Iran’s top nuclear official, Ali Akbar Salehi, said the project would be monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency and was in line with the Non-Proliferation Treaty. He called the project “a new page in the trend of our peaceful industrial nuclear activities.”

Western nations do not view the Bushehr plant as a proliferation risk because Russia supplies the fuel for the reactor and takes away spent fuel that could otherwise be used to make weapons-grade plutonium.

Russia, along the United States, Britain, France, Germany and China, reached a deal with Iran last year in which Tehran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions. Iran rejects Western allegations that it is covertly seeking nuclear weapons, insisting its atomic program is for entirely peaceful purposes.

© 2016 The Associated Press.

I wonder if this one will take 15+ years to build as well..

 

[mohsen]

I hope this is under IAEA safeguards and will only be used for peaceful purposes.

and I hope we quit IAEA asap!

 

[war&peace]

and I hope we quit IAEA asap!

I don't think that's even possible.

 

[mohsen]

I don't think that's even possible.

It's quit possible, and in line with IAEA itself. North korea did that too.

 

[BlueInGreen]

It's quit possible, and in line with IAEA itself. North korea did that too.

If Iran finds it necessary to quit the IAEA l, then It would be assumed that they have very reasonable grounds for doing so. The only problem that I see with institutions like IAEA are the susceptibility of influence from 3rd party actors and nations that would seek to spy and corrupt the agency in order for them to rule in their favor.

I have no doubt that the CIA and Mossad have moles implanted within the IAEA that do covert information gathering in order to get a early warning on Iran's nuclear ambitions ( I know they are peaceful but Isreal still can't stand the fact that there's another nuclear power so near it ).

Another example of US hegemonic influence, but the JCPOA is a step on the right direction provided that the US ( congress specifically ) allow Iran to buy planes and other goods this helping he US aswell.

In theory this would help relations.

But with all that said, Iran can build what ever it damn well pleases to build and no other country has a say in it. Done period!

 

[yavar]

I don't think that's even possible.

unlike you we do thinking for our self base on our interest
there is already bill in parliament from long back the only things it needs the parliament voting on it

 

[war&peace]

It's quit possible, and in line with IAEA itself. North korea did that too.

There is a big difference between Iran and North Korea. If it was so Iran would have done it already.

 

[Hack-Hook]

There is a big difference between Iran and North Korea. If it was so Iran would have done it already.

Well there are procedure to leave IAEA . you just need to announce it previously.

 

[rahi2357]

We don't need to leave IAEA and face the consequences . There is a plan C for Iran to simply get the bomb . Everybody knows our missile and nuclear program is somehow connected with the North Korea's . North needs money .That's what we got .16 kg of Uranium or 6 kg of plutonium for a single weapon . We simply buy it If we ever need it. Beside that we should have the kind of legal nuclear deterrence that Japan has . Having enough enrichment infrastructures under IAEA that gives us the ability to make a bomb in less than 48 hours . 6 months or one year breakout time isn't enough .

Back to the topic :
Trusting Russians again , I wonder how many years these plants take this time ..

 

[zestokryl]

Its definatelly , a very good thing

Iran with its high birth rates, cant output too much power. Another nuclear power block will allow saving gas for the industries needs, and decreasing pollution by coal power stations

Its a pity construction of another block havent started 4-5 years a go

 

[mohsen]

Trusting Russians again , I wonder how many years these plants take this time ..

well, Rohani trusts west and Americans, so no big deal to trust Russians. although things have changed, a new world order is underway!

 

[raptor22]

I hope this is under IAEA safeguards and will only be used for peaceful purposes.

how a npp under inspection of IAEA could not be peaceful purposes?your country and where you live both have nukes I hope those weapon be under IAEA safeguards and will only be used for peaceful purposes

 

[war&peace]

how a npp under inspection of IAEA could not be peaceful purposes?your country and where you live both have nukes I hope those weapon be under IAEA safeguards and will only be used for peaceful purposes

Yes, I understand your point and I totally agree with you but some of your compatriots have idea of leaving IAEA and follow North Korean Model. I consider nukes bad if all the countries agree to ban them and destroy them. But as long as any one country has even a single nuke, it will not work.