Iran is moving forward with plans to build nuclear power plants at five locations along its coastline as part of efforts to expand the share of nuclear energy in the country’s electricity mix, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said Monday, Anadolu reports.
Mohammad Eslami, vice president and chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, made the remarks during a meeting with members of parliament’s energy and construction commissions, according to the official IRNA news agency.
Eslami said projects are being implemented under Iran’s comprehensive strategic document for the nuclear industry, unveiled in 2022.
“Based on this document, the construction of nuclear power plants at five coastal locations is on the agenda to increase the share of nuclear electricity in the country’s energy basket, and these projects are progressing according to plan,” he said.
The official also said the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant recently surpassed 80 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity generation, a milestone he said had saved the equivalent of 131 million barrels of crude oil or 21.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas.
