Mohammad Eslami made his remarks at a meeting held in the capital Tehran on Tuesday to address the organization’s productivity levels.
“This immeasurable project was effectively launched and an executive company was developed to advance the efforts with government support,” he said.
Eslami noted that throughout the past 20 years, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Revolution, has emphasized the importance of achieving such goals. “And we are working to achieve this goal,” said the head of the nuclear official.
Speaking last February, Eslami said the outlook would be effective by 2041.
In addition to his remarks on Tuesday, he said that the Bucher nuclear power plant in southern Iran “produced 72 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity over the past decade,” citing an example of the country’s successful nuclear activity.
This “saved 110 million barrels of oil equivalent, but the construction cost of the facility has reached around 1 billion euros,” officials said.
Activates large-scale capabilities for agricultural irradiation
Elsewhere in his remarks, Eslami pointed to the country’s efforts to enable irradiation of as many as 500,000 tons of produce.
“Around 30% of agricultural products are wasted each year. With the help of irradiation, waste is reduced, exports are not returned, and it directly affects the home economy.”
Irradiation acts as a process of exposing agricultural products to radiation. This is commonly used to reduce rot, extend shelf life and prevent pest invasion.
The Islamic Republic has been steadily moving its nuclear energy program despite facing illegal, unilateral sanctions by the United States and its allies.
Last year, Eslami also announced the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Iran’s southern coastal province, Hormozgan, with an investment of $15 billion.
He said at the time the construction project for the Iranian Kormoz nuclear power plant was “much larger” than the Bucher nuclear power plant, a 1,000 MW factory built by Russia.
Leading its ambitions, the country continues to work closely with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and complies with its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
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