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Iran selects 16 sites for new nuclear power plants

Tehran: As a part of a plan to generate 20,000 megawatts of electricity at multiple sites over the next 15 years, Iran has selected 16 places for the construction of nuclear power plants.
State TV said on Saturday that experts at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran have finished studies to select the best locations across the country. It added that sites were chosen in part for their resistance to earthquakes and military air strikes. The Islamic republic says it needs 20 large-scale plants to meet its growing electricity needs over the next one-and-a-half decades.

State TV also says that Iran has discovered new uranium resources in the country that will put its reserves at 4,400 tons compared to 1,527 tons three decades ago.

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