Iran Nuclear Deal - China to Build Two Nuclear Power Plants for Iran following Landmark Agreement

Uranium (Nuclear Minerals) / Nuclear Power - Economics, Design, & Industry

Date posted: 07/23/15

Michelle FlorCruz reports that China was expected to build two nuclear power plants for Iran as part of the new nuclear direction under the controversial nuclear deal that was signed last week. The plants were set to be located on the Makran coast, near the neighboring Gulf of Oman, Iran Atomic Energy Organization head Ali Akbar Salehi announced Wednesday. Uninhibited by sanctions, Iran announced plans for four new nuclear power plants. Chinese contractors will be building two of the four planned. We will simultaneously launch construction of four new nuclear power plants in the country in the next two to three years, Salehi said, according to Indo-Asian News Service. They plan to engage more than 20,000 workers and engineers in this large-scale construction.