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Nuclear industry to seek foreign help
By Bi Jian (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-07-27 06:26
China's ambitious plans to build some 30 nuclear reactors within the next 15
years will provide vast opportunities for foreign architecture & engineering
(A&E) companies to cash in on the expanding clean energy sector, industry
authorities said.
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| The Tianwan nuclear power plant is seen in this file photo
taken on January 18, 2005. [newsphoto/file] | "The gigantic project, which means building approximately two reactors each
year, will see a great demand for professional services in fuel resources
procurement, project management & consulting, as well as infrastructure
engineering," said Zhao Chengkun, senior advisor with the preparatory office of
State Nuclear Power Technology Corp of China (SNPTC).
He was speaking yesterday at a nuclear forum in Beijing.
China, the world's second largest energy consumer after the United States,
now has a policy of "actively promoting nuclear power construction."
In an effort to satiate the country's surging power demands, China aims to
have a total nuclear installed capacity of 40 gigawatts by 2020, which will make
up 4 per cent of the nation's aggregate power generation, from the current 2.3
per cent.
When building nuclear plants in previous years, nuclear
research institutes were
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