Construction started on China's first island nuclear power
station today near Taiwan, People's Daily reported.
The Ningde Station, a key project of the country's nuclear power
development plan from 2005 to 2020, is on an island in the East
China Sea and near Ningde City of Fujian Province, the report
said.
The first phase is expected to cost 51.2 billion yuan (US$7.19
billion), the report said. It will have four generators.
The first generator is expected to go online in 2012 while the
others will go online successively in 2013, 2014 and in 2015, the
report said.
Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co, Shanghai-listed Datang
International Power Generation Co and Fujian Coal Group jointly
invested in Fujian's biggest energy project, the report said.
Ten nuclear reactors were either in use or under construction
nationwide as of May last year. The country plans to spend more
than US$50 billion to build another 30 nuclear reactors by 2020 as
nuclear power will be a key focus in the country's clean energy
development plans for the future.
(Shanghai Daily February 18, 2008)