VOL. XLVI

No 34

25-August-2003

IRAN

Tehran Authorizes Second 1GW Bushehr Nuclear Plant

The Tehran governments High Council for Atomic Energy has authorized the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) to undertake the construction of a second 1 gigawatt (gw) nuclear power plant at Bushehr. The official news agency IRNA on 14 August quoted First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Aref as saying that the council authorized IAEO to award contracts for the implementation of the project, and also to conduct...