Expert highlights advantages of establishing nuclear power plants - Irna

Expert highlights advantages of establishing nuclear power plants - Irna

Tehran, Aug 29, IRNA
Iran-Energy-Hassan-Nejad
Current crude prices make any plan to replace fossil power plants with nuclear ones justifiable, said a senior energy economy expert Hadi Hassan-Nejad here on Monday.

Hassan-Nejad told IRNA that pumping crude from underground reserves is economical due to the low cost of the project.

He said recovery of oil from new reserves, however, cost dearly and in other words, since delivery of each barrel of crude through this method is costlier, replacement of fossil power plants with nuclear ones is justifiable.

He added that the shortage of gas and kiln oil in certain periods of the year for power generation in power plants is among other reasons that justified establishment of the nuclear power plants.

Hassan-Nejad said the cost of controlling pollution caused by nuclear power plants compared to the cost for controlling pollution caused by fossil power plants much lower