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Detailed explanation-1: -Iran has one nuclear power plant at its southern port of Bushehr that went online in 2011 with help from Russia, but also several underground nuclear facilities. #Iran’s nuclear chief today launched the construction of a 300-megawatt #nuclear power plant of “Karoon” in Darkhovin, Khuzestan province.

Detailed explanation-2: -1950s - 1960s. Iran’s nuclear program was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States. On 5 March 1957, a “proposed agreement for cooperation in research in the peaceful uses of atomic energy” was announced under the Eisenhower administration’s Atoms for Peace program.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Islamic Republic of Iran (henceforth Iran) has one operating nuclear power reactor known as Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP)-Unit 1, which started commercial operation in 2013 and accounted for 1.73% of total national electricity generation in 2020.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) is Iran’s first commercial nuclear reactor . In 1994, Tehran and Moscow signed an agreement to construct the VVER 1000MWe light-water reactor, and construction started the same year.

Detailed explanation-5: -Global number of nuclear reactors under construction 2022, by country. As of May 2022, there were 53 nuclear reactors under construction worldwide. China led the list, with 15 units.