Friday May 26, 2006

Russia offers to build Vietnam's 1st nuclear plant

thanhniennews.com :

Russia wants to build Vietnam's first nuclear reactor, the Russian nuclear agency has said after taking part in a nuclear energy exhibition in Hanoi, the AFX news agency reported. Vietnam presented its nuclear energy development strategy to 2020 at the exhibition, showing plans to build a first 2000-4000 megawatt nuclear reactor starting 2010.

"Taking into account Vietnam's goals in the nuclear sector", the Russian delegation "transmitted a technical construction proposal for a nuclear research centre with a 10 megawatt experimental reactor", Russian agency Rosatom said in a statement. Russia also wants to provide a technical proposal for the construction of a first nuclear reactor in the southeast Asian country and to study ways to finance it, the statement said.

Russia, like the United States, says it seeks the controlled worldwide development of civil nuclear power to help improve energy security.

(2006-05-26 15:57:45 SGT) [Energy] Permalink

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