Iran’s New Nuclear Power Plants Help Save 22 Million Barrels of Oil

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi says the construction of new nuclear power plants in Bushehr, southern Iran, helps save some two million barrels of oil per year.

About $10 billion have been allocated for construction of two nuclear power plants, which is regarded as the biggest industrial project in the country, Salehi said.

Russian experts are now involved in the construction of the two new nuclear power plants, he added, as reported by IRNA.

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