China is interested in building small nuclear power plants (NPP) in Iran, according to the chairman of the Iranian parliament's nuclear committee.
'Some negotiations have been held on mutual cooperation and building small nuclear power plants in Iran by China,' Mojtaba Zonnour was quoted as saying by Iran's Fars News Agency on Sunday.
The latest small NPPs talk were reportedly held during the day-long Iran-China conference on nuclear cooperation held last Wednesday in China.
According to the report, small nuclear reactors can be used in different industries, including shipbuilding and construction of submarines.
Previously, in January, Iran's Deputy Head of the Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Ahmadian announced that the Chinese had expressed their interest in cooperating with Iran in building small nuclear power plants in the country.
'The Chinese have worked a lot in this field and some negotiations have been held with them. They are interested in cooperation with Iran in this field. Also Russia has worked on small units (of nuclear reactors) for vessels and we have also announced our interest to cooperate with them in this sector,' he said, according to the FNA.
By Huseyin Erdogan
Anadolu Agency
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