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Construction Agreement
After the signing of a framework
agreement, November 26, 2007 in Beijing,
in the presence of both head of States of
France and China, EDF and the Chinese
electricity producer China Guangdong
Nuclear Power Holding Company signed
the final agreements in Beijing for the
creation of a joint venture company to
be called Guangdong Taishan Nuclear
Power Joint Venture Company Limited
(TNPC). The aim of the joint venture is
to construct and operate two nuclear EPR
power stations at Taishan in the province
of Guangdong, modeled on the existing
EPR reactor built by EDF at Flamanville
in Normandy, France.
Preliminary work at the Taishan Unit 1
site started in late 2007 and the first concrete
pouring is scheduled for autumn
2009, less than two years after the one
at Flamanville 3. Some contracts have
already been signed with Areva and Alstom
for the supply of the nuclear and the
turbine equipment respectively. The first
unit should be commissioned at the end
of 2013 and the second in 2015. At the
height of construction work, over sixty
EDF experts will be on-site at Taishan.
Contact: Carole Trivi, telephone: 33
1 40 42 44 19.
123 Agreement
Statement by the Prime Minister of India
"We welcome the decision earlier
today of the Nuclear Suppliers Group to
adjust its guidelines to enable full civil
nuclear cooperation with India. This is a
forward-looking and momentous decision.
It marks the end of India's decades long
isolation from the nuclear mainstream
and of the technology denial regime. It is
a recognition of India's impeccable nonproliferation
credentials and its status as
a state with advanced nuclear technology.
It will give an impetus to India's pursuit
of environmentally sustainable economic
growth."
Contact: telephone: 43 1 2600-0,
fax: 43 1 2600-7.
Application Submitted
Progress Energy Florida, a subsidiary
of Progress Energy submitted a combined
license (COL) application with the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
to construct a new nuclear power plant in
Levy County, Florida.
The application, submitted to the
NRC on July 30, 2008, included the request
to build two Westinghouse AP1000
nuclear reactors at the site. Nuclear power
is a key component of Progress Energy
Florida’s balanced solution strategy to
meet Florida’s long-term energy needs.
Nuclear power, along with additional renewable
energy resources and expanded
energy-efficiency programs, is Progress
Energy Florida’s strategy to address climate
change and the need for greater fuel
diversity.
Contact: telephone: (919) 546-6189.
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Excavation Started
The Shandong Nuclear Power Company
with Westinghouse Electric Company
LLC and its consortium partner
The Shaw Group Inc. broke ground one
month earlier than scheduled on the Haiyang
Nuclear Power Facility in Shandong
Province.
The Haiyang facility will house two
nuclear plants, each deploying Westinghouse’s
AP1000 technology. Excavation
for the first of the two plants will take approximately
three months to create a hole
12 meters deep (39 feet) that will house
the nuclear reactor and turbine buildings.
The volume of the excavation is approximately
48,916 cubic meters or about 19.5
Olympic-size swimming pools. When
completed, a base for the plant nearly
175 meters wide (570 feet) by 250 meters
long (840 feet) will exist.
Contact: Vaughn Gilbert, telephone:
(412) 374-3896, email:
gilberthv@westinghouse.com.
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