Iran on Saturday (3 December) began construction on a new nuclear power plant in the country’s southwest, Iranian state media announced.
The new 300-MW pressurised water reactor unit, known as Karoon, or Karoun, will take eight years to build and cost around $2bn (€1.8bn), the country’s state television and radio agency reported.
The plant will be in Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan province, near its western border with Iraq, Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency said.
The new 300-MW pressurised water reactor unit, known as Karoon, or Karoun, will take eight years to build and cost around $2bn (€1.8bn), the country’s state television and radio agency reported.
The plant will be in Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan province, near its western border with Iraq, Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency said.
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