Iran, Russia to build two NPPs

By Azernews

By Gunay Hasanova

Iran and Russia are expanding their cooperation in the energy sphere, as the two countries will construct two new nuclear power plants.

Seyed Hossein Hosseini, a representative of the Iranian Parliamentary Committee on National Defense and Foreign Policy announced about this while talking to reporters, Shana News agency reported.

He noted a need to ensure Iran with 20,000 megawatts of electricity, which requires the construction of ten nuclear power plants

Organization for the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) has already prepared a plan for the construction of power plants.  At this point the agenda includes the construction of two power plants since it is not possible to build ten sites at the same time.

The two countries signed a historic $20 billion energy deal in Moscow in November 2014. This agreement has extended the cooperation of the parties in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy and creating the possibility of building of eight units of nuclear power plant in Iran with Russian technologies.

Iran and Russia cooperate both politically and economically. Although mostly two countries cooperate in the energy sphere, they have also expanded trade ties in many non-energy sectors of economy, including a large agriculture agreement in January 2009 and a telecommunications contract in December 2008.