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Friday, October 7, 2016

China plans 60 nuclear reactors in the next decade, official says

http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/china-pl6ans-60-nucl7ear-reacto5rs-next-decade/



China plans 60 nuclear reactors in the next decade, official says


China plans to construct more than 60 nuclear power plants in the next 10 years, a top Chinese industry official has said.

Zheng Mingguang, vice president and chief nuclear designer at China’s State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC), told Reuters at the World Nuclear Association conference in London last week that China would build about 30 reactors in the next five years and more in the five years after that.
Each of China’s three major nuclear companies – SNPTC, CNNC and CGN – would start building a minimum of two new reactors a year, Zheng said.
China aims to become a major exporter of nuclear power capacity, an ambition boosted by last week’s announcement by the UK government that the UK’s first new nuclear power station in 21 years would go ahead at Hinkley Point in Somerset.
CGN (an abbreviation of China General Nuclear) holds a 33% stake in the scheme as co-developer with France’s EDF.http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/china-pl6ans-60-nucl7ear-reacto5rs-next-decade/

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