Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Prevents Large-Scale Crude Oil Consumption
Date
6/15/2022 1:34:57 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 14. In total, 80 million
barrels of crude oil was saved as a result of the operation of the
Bushehr Nuclear Power plant in the Bushehr Province (southern Iran)
until June 14, 2022, Deputy Chairman of the Atomic Energy
Organization of Iran (AEOI) Pejman Shirmardi said, Trend reports citing
IRNA.
He made the remark at a conference held at Tehran University on
June 14.
The official stressed that the power generation capacity of the
station is 1,000 megawatt-hours. Given that the cleanest energy is
considered nuclear energy, it is possible to prevent most of the
greenhouse gases emitted into the environment by using nuclear
power plants.
Shirmardi added that in this regard, Iran has signed a contract
with Russia. According to the contract, the power generation
capacity of Bushehr NPP will increase to 3,000 megawatt-hours.
The 1st unit of the Bushehr NPP was launched in 2011 by the
Russian Atomic Company (ROSATOM). In 2013, the development of the
unit was handed over by the ROSATOM to an Iranian company. The unit
has been generating 1,000 megawatt-hours of electricity per year
since 2013.
By October 2021, the Bushehr NPP will generate about 52 billion
kilowatt-hours of electricity.
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