PM Okays Nuclear Power Development Plan

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the nuclear power development plan from now till 2030. Accordingly, the 1,000-MW first turbine will start operation in 2020.

Operational atomic power plants will have a combined capacity of 8,000 MW by 2025 and 15,000 MW by 2030, accounting for some 10 percent of the total capacity at that time. Vietnam will kick off the construction on Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant 2 and find locations for new ones at this period, making nuclear power the country’s main energy.

According to the development orientation, eight power plants will be located in five provinces of Ninh Thuan, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Ha Tinh and Quang Ngai. Each plant will have 4 – 6 turbines.- VCCI

Tags: Vietnam energy, Vietnam Nuclear Power Development Plan

Posted by VBN on Jun 30 2010. Filed under Energy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry