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Iran Says Begins Building New Nuclear Research Reactor in Isfahan

Picture shows general view of Isfahan (UCF) nuclear power plant (UCF) 295 km from Tehran, March 2005. (AFP)
Picture shows general view of Isfahan (UCF) nuclear power plant (UCF) 295 km from Tehran, March 2005. (AFP)
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Iran Says Begins Building New Nuclear Research Reactor in Isfahan

Picture shows general view of Isfahan (UCF) nuclear power plant (UCF) 295 km from Tehran, March 2005. (AFP)
Picture shows general view of Isfahan (UCF) nuclear power plant (UCF) 295 km from Tehran, March 2005. (AFP)

Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami announced on Wednesday that a construction of a new research reactor at the Isfahan nuclear site will begin in the coming weeks, reported IRNA.

He made his remarks while visiting the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) at the Isfahan site.

Eslami stressed that Iran was advancing its nuclear program to increase the capacity of domestic power plants.

He added that the country is examining sites, especially in the south, that could serve as favorable locations for new nuclear power plants.

Iran aims to generate 10,000 megawatts of power and was looking for the appropriate site to build the plants, he added.

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Russian Drone Attacks Injure 8, Damage Buildings in Ukraine

An interior view shows a room inside a hospital building damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released November 29, 2024. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv city/Handout via REUTERS
An interior view shows a room inside a hospital building damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released November 29, 2024. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv city/Handout via REUTERS
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Russian Drone Attacks Injure 8, Damage Buildings in Ukraine

An interior view shows a room inside a hospital building damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released November 29, 2024. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv city/Handout via REUTERS
An interior view shows a room inside a hospital building damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released November 29, 2024. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv city/Handout via REUTERS

Russian drone attacks on Ukraine injured at least eight people and damaged residential buildings in the capital Kyiv and in the southern Odesa region overnight, officials said on Friday.
Ukraine's air force said in a statement that, of 132 drones launched against the country overnight, it had downed 88 drones, while 41 were "lost", likely due to electronic warfare, and one returned to the Russian territory, Reuters reported.
Russia has stepped up its nightly drone attacks on Ukrainian cities as it continues to push along the eastern frontline, making some of its largest monthly territorial gains since 2022.
It launched a record-high number of 188 drones against the country on Tuesday before staging a large-scale attack on Ukraine's power grid on Thursday.
The drone attack on the southern region of Odesa damaged 13 residential buildings and injured seven people, the national police said in a statement.
Fragments from downed Russian drones struck buildings in two Kyiv districts and injured one person late on Thursday, officials said.
Emergency services, in a post on the Telegram messaging app, showed pictures of rubble strewn about inside and outside a pediatric clinic in Kyiv's Dniprovskyi district on the east bank of the Dnipro River.
A security guard at the facility was taken to hospital. Adjacent buildings also suffered damage.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko said drone fragments had struck an infrastructure site in the Sviatoshynskyi district on the west bank of the river.
Kyiv regional governor Ruslan Kravchenko reported minor damage to a private residence and another building without any casualties.