Iran to seek bids for atomic power plants

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Iran to seek bids for atomic power plants
Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:58AM BST

By Parisa Hafezi

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it would seek bids in the
next few days for two new nuclear power plants and will partly run
them on fuel produced at home, a process the West fears could lead
to material for building atomic bombs.

Ahmad Fayazbakhsh, an official at Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation,
said the power plants would each have capacity for 1,000 to 1,600 MW
and would be built at Bushehr, the southwest port city where Russians
are building Iran's first atomic plant.

The West fears Iran's civilian nuclear programme is a smokescreen
for atomic weapon ambitions, a charge Tehran denies.

A Western diplomat said the tender announcement appeared aimed at
justifying Iran's statement on Monday it had expanded work to make
atomic fuel in defiance of a U.N. demand to halt uranium enrichment,
a process which can be used to make bombs.

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Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL1554413920070415

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Related: AEOI seeks int'l tenders to build two nuclear power plants - IRNA

[ohio2007]

1. So the Russians don't have a monopoly in power plant building or

they are getting tired of playing by the mullahs slow payment system.

Iran denies delaying payment for reactor


and in the original related article AEOI seeks int'l tenders to build two nuclear power plants
..
..."Certain European companies have expressed willingness to take part in the tenders."
Answering a question on whether US companies could attend the tenders, he said, "Any company interested in the issue, can participate in the tenders."

[Sirveri]

2. Maybe Becthel/Bettis will put in a bid.

[ohio2007]

3. Haliburten just finished their contract obligations in Iran

I wonder if a third party entity will bid on the supply of heavy water

lol

[Barrett808]

4. Or Rumsfeld's ABB. n/t

[nealmhughes]

5. Smart money says it is Skoda for the vessel and piping (Czech Republic)

and France for the nuclear end.

Maybe Siemens (Germany) for the turbines or ABB (Suisse).