Russia Ready to Take Part in Construction of N. Power Units in Iran

“We know about Iran’s plans to build another 20 big nuclear power units. Russia is ready to take part,” Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday after the 11th meeting of the Russian-Iranian intergovernmental commission.

He noted that Russian and Iranian companies had good cooperation links in the energy sector, Itar Tass reported.

Iran has said it aims to produce 20,000 megawatts of electricity from nuclear power.

Iran's only nuclear power plant in Bushehr, which produces 1,000 megawatts, became officially operational and was connected to Iran’s national grid in September 2011.

Last December, President Rouhani said that the construction of the second nuclear plant in Bushehr will soon kick off and that there will be nuclear reactors in most parts of Bushehr province, which has a long coast on the Persian Gulf.