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• Second China reactor deal for Westinghouse

  AP1000s for Fujian Province Bloomberg wire service reports via the Paris, France, based Herald Tribune that China Guodian , one China's biggest electrical utilities, plans to build a nuclear power station in Fujian , southeastern China, using technology from the Westinghouse , which is owned by Toshiba. The plant in Zhangzhou city will have "several" reactors with 1,000 MWe capacity each... Posted Dec 07 2007, 07:56 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: China, Westinghouse, nuclear reactors

• Flash - Areva seals $11.9 B China Deal

  Two 1,700 Mw reactors will be built at coastal sites Bloomberg wire service reports Areva SA has won an 8 billion euro ($11.9 billion) nuclear reactor agreement from China, a record deal for the French company and twice as large as expected. The deal includes two reactors, uranium enrichment, and separate work, which is potentially larger than the reactor deal itself, for nuclear fuel reprocessing... Posted Nov 25 2007, 11:27 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, China, nuclear reactor, spent fuel reprocessing

• China pushes plans for 200 Mw HTGR

  The Pebble Bed reactor gets a commercial boost Interfax reports from China that country will launch a new program to develop high temperature gas-cooled reactor ( HTGR ) a government official said at an industrial forum in Beijing this week. Cao Shudong, a senior official with China's Atomic Energy Agency, said at the China Nuclear Power Summit 2007 organized by Lnoppen that the Chinese government... Posted Nov 14 2007, 10:34 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: China, pebble bed

• Russia to build two new reactors in China

  And also build a uranium enrichment plant to fuel them China and Russia signed a multi-billion dollar deal this week for nuclear reactors and a uranium enrichment plant all to be built by the Russians at Chinese sites. The deal comes just two weeks before French President Nicolas Sarkozy is scheduled to go to China on Nov 25th during which time he's expected to sign a deal for two AREVA EPR reactors... Posted Nov 06 2007, 10:32 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: China, uranium enrichment, nuclear reactor, Russia

• AREVA has China deal

  Long delayed contract for two reactors to be signed Nov 25th Forbes reports via AFP that AREVA's long-delayed order from China to build two new-generation EPR nuclear reactors will be signed on Nov 25 during a visit by President Nicolas Sarkozy and will be worth a total of $7 to 9 billion for all parts of it. Under the deal, AREVA will also supply China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp with fuel for the... Posted Oct 21 2007, 11:43 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, China

• China to spend $50 billlion on new nuclear reactors

  Reactors will be built along the coast to use sea water for cooling Reuters has a roundup of nuclear business developments in China. The wire service reports China plans to tap the global uranium market to feed the rapid expansion of its nuclear power sector. A 2006 deal with Australia will help it meet its needs. Zhang Guobao, a deputy chief of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC... Posted Sep 23 2007, 10:45 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, China, nuclear reactors, uranium Australia

• Westinghouse moves out on four reactors for China

  Plus staking its claims to PBMR reactor technologies and for NGNP The ink is dry on a contract between Westinghouse and the State Nuclear Power Technology Company of China (SNPTC) to build four AP1000 nuclear plants in that country. The announcement comes one day after Westinghouse announced its acquisition of IST Nuclear (ISTN), a provider of services to South Africa's Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Read... Posted Aug 10 2007, 04:30 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: PBMR, AP100, China, hydrogen, Westinghouse