Iran's 1st indigenous N-power plant to be built soon: Minister
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Birjand, South Khorasan, March 18, IRNA
Iran-Energy-Minister
Minister of Energy Parviz Fattah said here on Friday that Iran will soon start construction of its first indigenous nuclear power plant.
The minister made the remarks while inaugurating a local power supply station in the village of Dehsalm near the town of Nahbandan in the eastern province of South Khorasan.
He noted that the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was resisting pressures from the West, the US in particular, against right to use peaceful nuclear energy 'for the sake of people'.
Therefore, added the minister, "Iranians further support for the government will give more strength to its resistance."
The minister had earlier told reporters that given Iran's depletable hydrocarbon resources, the country would need to turn to nuclear energy for power generating as its power consumption would be doubled during next decade.
He had also said that construction operation for Iran's first indigenous nuclear power plant would start in three to six months.
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