The president toured the power plant on Thursday, the second day of his trip to Bucher province, the Iranian president’s official website said in a report.
The southern province, which has a long coastline in the Persian Gulf, is the fourth destination on Pezeschkian’s regional trip since taking office in late July 2024.
He visited various parts of the nuclear power plant being developed within three phases. The two operations Pezeshkian has been ordered to launch are related to phases 2 and 3, and include installing key equipment in the second unit reactor building for increased safety.
Another operation involves excavating the foundations of the pump buildings in the second and third units.
Equipment installed as part of the Phase 2 project is one of the key parts of the passive safety system. Limits severe accidents in 3rd or higher power generation (3+) nuclear power plants with the aim of maintaining and cooling materials caused by meltdowns in nuclear fuel bundles and reactor cores to protect the environment and public. It is designed to be. .
The second and third units of the Bushehr nuclear power plant pump buildings are equipped with 18 main pumps, which supply cooling water to turbine capacitors and emergency diesel generators.
During the tour of the Phase 1 project, President Pezeschkian was explained to him about his activities, including the production and transfer of electricity to the power grid.
The first stage of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is currently producing 1,015 mW of electricity. Since taking office 11 years ago, the first phase of the factory has produced a total of 72 billion kW/h of electricity, saving 114 million barrels of crude oil.
The second and third phases of the Buchere Nuclear Power Plant each have nominal capacity of 1,057 mW of electricity generation.
MNA