Iran plans to build second nuclear plant

IRAN plans to construct a second nuclear power plant despite international concern over its nuclear programme, state television reported yesterday.

The broadcast said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and cabinet ministers decided Sunday night to build the reactor in Khuzistan province, south-western Iran.

Previously Iran had said it would build a second power plant at Bushehr, where its first nuclear reactor is due to begin generating electricity in 2006.