First nuclear plant project for Vietnam

The members of State Steering Board in Ninh Thuan nuclear plant project held a meeting yesterday to discuss about the solutions to carry out necessary procedures for constructing the first nuclear plant in Vietnam.

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has already finished approving the location and make feasibility studies for the Ninh Thuan 1 nuclear power plant.

Deputy prime minister Hoang Trung Hai required the concerning parties to work closely and carefully when carrying out the nuclear power plant project. The Ministry of Industry and Trade was required to work out each implementation phase to submit the project to the Parliament, and collect opinions from the concerning ministries and departments to work out the relating agreements in construction works on nuclear power plant with Russian partners.

The Parliament has already approved the investment project on Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant with total designed capacity of 4,000 MW, including two nuclear power plants of Ninh Thuan 1 and Ninh Thuan 2. According to the roadmap, the construction on the first power plant will be officially kicked off in 2014 and finished in 2020 with investment capital of about 200 trillion dong. – Chinhphu

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