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Iran to Build 2nd Nuke Plant at Bushehr

16:02 27/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 27 (RIA Novosti)

Iran intends to build the second reactor at the Bushehr nuclear power plant with a capacity of 1,000 MW, according to a statement by Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization head Fereydoun Abbasi, Mehr news agency reported on Sunday.

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