Chinese, Ukrainian companies to cooperate
China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp (CGNPC) and Ukraine's National Nuclear Energy Generating Corporation, Energoatom, have signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the field of nuclear energy.
China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp (CGNPC) and Ukraine's National Nuclear Energy Generating Corporation, Energoatom, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the field of nuclear energy.
Under the MoU, the two companies will cooperate in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of nuclear power plants. They will also cooperate in research and development, as well as the training of plant personnel.
The MoU was signed on 2 February in Delhi, India, by Qian Zhimin, chairman of CGNPC, Zhangshan Ming, deputy general manager of CGNPC, and Yuriy Oleksandrovich Nedashkovskiy, president of Energoatom. The signing took place during the biennial general meeting of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO).
Ukraine has 15 nuclear power reactors at four nuclear power plants (Khmelnitski, Rovno, South Ukraine and Zaporozhe), all operated by Energoatom. All the units are Russian VVER types, two being 440 MWe V-312 models and the rest the larger 1000 MWe units - two early models and the others V-320s. In 2008, 47% of Ukraine's electricity was produced by its nuclear plants.
CGNPC, established in 1994, now has four operating nuclear power reactors with a total capacity of 4000 MWe at the Daya Bay and Ling Ao plants in China's Guangdong province. It is also a partner in new-build projects for a total of 12 more reactors at Ling Ao, Hongyanhe, Ningde, Yangjiang and Taishan. The units at Taishan are to be Areva EPRs, while the others are Chinese-design CPR-1000s based on earlier Areva models. Further plans see CGNPC involved in new CPR-1000 reactors at Fangcheng, Lianyungang, Xanning, Tianwei, and Wuhu. Beyond this are still more plans for new nuclear power units, though less well developed.
In April 2009, CGNPC signed a memorandum with Kazakhstan's state nuclear enterprise Kazatomprom that should "see the establishment of a specialized company for the construction of nuclear power plants." The new joint venture would specialize in the construction of nuclear power plants, as well as construction management and oversight.
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by World Nuclear News
