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China approves building of coastal nuclear plant
Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2009 China has approved the construction of a new nuclear plant in its eastern coastal region, in the latest step in Beijing's plan to include more clean energy in the country's consumption mix. The State Council, or cabinet, issued a licence last week for the building of the first phase of the Haiyang nuclear power station in Shandong province, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission announced. Two reactors will be built initially, both using US-based Westinghouse Electric's AP 1000 third generation technology, the commission said in a statement posted on its website on Sunday. Each reactor will have a capacity of 1.25 gigawatts, the statement said. The reactors will be operational in May 2014 and March 2015, respectively. The Haiyang plant will eventually have a total of six reactors, it said, without specifying which technology they would use. Westinghouse and its consortium partner, the Shaw Group, in 2007 signed a deal reportedly worth eight billion dollars to supply two AP 1000 reactors for the Haiyang plant and another two for a plant in eastern Zhejiang province. Construction on the Zhejiang plant, in Sanmen, has already started, making it "the world's first to use the AP 1000 third generation nuclear reactor", the state-owned assets watchdog said. China has been actively building up its nuclear power generation capacity as part of an effort to diversify away from coal, which provides the nation with about two-thirds of its power needs but is highly polluting. It aims to get 10 percent of its power from renewable sources by 2010 and 15 percent by 2020. The country now has 11 nuclear power reactors in operation with a capacity of 9.1 gigawatts. It has set a goal to increase capacity to 40 gigawatts by 2020, but the government also has said that target could be raised. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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