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.
