Iran International:

Thousands of workers are currently involved in constructing the second and third units of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran, the country's atomic energy chief announced on Monday.

"Currently, 5,000 people are involved in the construction of the two new units," Mohammad Eslami said during a visit to the site, adding, "Their efforts are ensuring the project progresses with good discipline and speed."

Eslami claimed that lessons learned from work on the second unit have helped accelerate progress on the third.

Located in Bushehr province, Iran's first commercial nuclear energy facility sits along the Persian Gulf.

The official also asserted that the project had recently achieved a record by pouring an enormous amount of concrete in one day, specifically 22,000 cubic meters. "Next year, we aim to ramp up our daily concrete pouring to 65,000 cubic meters to keep the project's momentum going," Eslami added.

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