Iran / Construction Begins Of 5,000-MW Iran-Hormoz Nuclear Power Plant

Contractor for large facility remains undisclosed

Construction Begins Of 5,000-MW Iran-Hormoz Nuclear Power Plant
Mohammad Eslami, vice-president of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran during an inaugural event at the Sirik site. Image courtesy Mohsen Vanaei, IRNA.

Iran has started construction of a four-unit nuclear power station with a capacity of about 5,000 MW in its southern coastal province of Hormozgan, the official IRNA news agency reported on Thursday.

The agency said the nuclear station will be known as Iran-Hormoz and be located near Sirik city, which is about 1,150 km south of the capital Tehran.

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