Vietnam’s Atomic Energy Institute and China’s Guangdong Nuclear PowerGroup signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in nuclearpower in Hanoi on July 21.
Attending the signing ceremony were the Vietnamese Deputy Minister ofScience and Technology Le Dinh Tien and China’s Deputy Minister ofEnergy Qian Zhiming.
The signing of the MoU is in linewith a cooperative agreement between Vietnam and China on theapplication of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, which was signed inDecember 2000.
Under the MoU, the Guangdong NuclearPower Group will support Vietnam by transferring the latest scientificand technological advances and also training technicians for the nuclearpower industry.
At present, China has one of thefastest-growing nuclear power industries in the world. Over the past fewyears, dozens of nuclear power stations have been built and put intooperation in China, meeting the country’s demand for power forsocio-economic development.
In Vietnam, nuclear poweris considered one of the best ways of addressing the demand for power.In 2009, the Vietnamese National Assembly decided to invest in the NinhThuan Nuclear Power Project, with a total output of 4,000 MW. It willinclude two nuclear reactors, the Ninh Thuan 1 and the Ninh Thuan 2,with two 1,000 MW turbines in each.
On May 4, 2010,the Vietnamese government decided to set up a State Steering Committeeon the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Project to get the project up andrunning by 2014 and make the first turbine operational by 2020./.
Attending the signing ceremony were the Vietnamese Deputy Minister ofScience and Technology Le Dinh Tien and China’s Deputy Minister ofEnergy Qian Zhiming.
The signing of the MoU is in linewith a cooperative agreement between Vietnam and China on theapplication of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, which was signed inDecember 2000.
Under the MoU, the Guangdong NuclearPower Group will support Vietnam by transferring the latest scientificand technological advances and also training technicians for the nuclearpower industry.
At present, China has one of thefastest-growing nuclear power industries in the world. Over the past fewyears, dozens of nuclear power stations have been built and put intooperation in China, meeting the country’s demand for power forsocio-economic development.
In Vietnam, nuclear poweris considered one of the best ways of addressing the demand for power.In 2009, the Vietnamese National Assembly decided to invest in the NinhThuan Nuclear Power Project, with a total output of 4,000 MW. It willinclude two nuclear reactors, the Ninh Thuan 1 and the Ninh Thuan 2,with two 1,000 MW turbines in each.
On May 4, 2010,the Vietnamese government decided to set up a State Steering Committeeon the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Project to get the project up andrunning by 2014 and make the first turbine operational by 2020./.
