MNA � Ali Akbar Salehi, the Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said on Sunday that Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is currently providing 1000 MW stable electricity in a year for Iran.


�It is a couple of years that Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant works for ten months in a year producing 1,000 megawatts electricity and if off for two months for repair and change of fuel,� said Ali Akbar Salehi, the Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) on Sunday.

The Iranian official made the remarks on the sidelines of the ceremony of singing a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between AEOI and Iranian health ministry to open a nuclear education center for nuclear medicine and cancer treatment.

�There is no power plant in Iran as stable as a nuclear power plants while at the same time it is impossible to expect a nuclear power plant to provide the whole electricity needed by a country� he added.

He then added that currently there is a need for 55,000 megawatts of electricity in Iran while the number was around 2,500 megawatts of electricity in 40 years ago. �At that time two power plants were able to meet the electrical need of the whole country.�