Bandar Deylam
Encyclopedia
Bandar Deylam is a port city in and capital of Deylam County
, Bushehr Province
, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 19,829, in 4,426 families.
On February 16, 2005 a large explosion was reported close to the site of a newly built nuclear power
plant
. Iranian officials later announced that the explosion was caused by construction
work on a dam
at Kowsar
, near Deylam.
Deylam County
Deylam County is a county in Bushehr Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Bandar Deylam. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 29,079, in 6,362 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Imam Hassan District...
, Bushehr Province
Bushehr Province
Bushehr Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the south of the country, with a long coastline onto the Persian Gulf. Its center is Bandar-e-Bushehr, the provincial capital. The province has nine counties: Bushehr, Dashtestan, Dashti, Dayyer, Deylam, Jam, Kangan, Ganaveh and Tangestan...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 19,829, in 4,426 families.
On February 16, 2005 a large explosion was reported close to the site of a newly built nuclear power
Nuclear reactor
A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are used for generating electricity and for the propulsion of ships. Usually heat from nuclear fission is passed to a working fluid , which runs through turbines that power either ship's...
plant
Nuclear power plant
A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. As in a conventional thermal power station the heat is used to generate steam which drives a steam turbine connected to a generator which produces electricity.Nuclear power plants are usually...
. Iranian officials later announced that the explosion was caused by construction
Construction
In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...
work on a dam
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
at Kowsar
Kowsar
Kowsar is a medium-range, land-based anti-ship missile made by Iran. It can defeat electronic jamming systems and "cannot be thrown off course", according to Iranian officials....
, near Deylam.