Vietnam reveal nuclear power plan
Wednesday 23 June 2010
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EmailVietnam has announced plans to build eight nuclear power plants by 2030 as the rapidly developing country strives to meet rising energy demand.
Each plant to be built in central Vietnam will have at least four reactors with a total output of up to 16,000 megawatts over the next two decades.
The government said the plan calls for "safe and efficient exploitation of nuclear power plants" and a gradual increase in domestic firms participating in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the plants.
Last year, Vietnam signed a deal with the Kremlin under which a Russian firm will help build the first plant.
Construction is to start in 2014 and be completed in 2020.
Vietnam's demand for power is expected to grow by 16 per cent a year until 2015.
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