3G tech to help China build nulcear reactors

时间：2007-07-25 08:23:11

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July 25 - China on Tuesday finalized1 a contract with a consortium, led by the US-based Westinghouse Electric Co, to build four nuclear power reactors3 in the eastern part of the country.

 

Neither party revealed the amount involved in the contract but earlier media reports had estimated it to be $8 billion.

 

China will use Westinghouse's AP1000 technology to build the four reactors, two of which will be in Sanmen, Zhejiang Province, and the others in Haiyang, Shandong Province.

 

The cooperation between China and the US will be "crucial" in the development of the country's third generation nuclear power technology, Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan said.

 

"The contract will result in the first-ever use of advanced US nuclear power technology in China," Westinghouse President and Chief Executive Stephen Tritch said.

 

Based on standard Westinghouse pressurized water reactor2 technology, AP1000 is "the safest, most advanced nuclear power technology in the world". It has been chosen for at least 12 reactors in the US to be built in the next 10 to 12 years.

 

The deal is expected to generate at least 5,000 jobs for Westinghouse and its consortium partners, the company said.

 

Work on the first reactor is expected to begin in 2009, and it will become operational in late 2013. The other three are expected to come on line between 2014 and 2015.

 

Japan's Toshiba took majority control of Westinghouse last October. Two months later China signed an MOU with the company for the four reactors after it outbid competitors Areva of France and Atomstroiexport of Russia following a two-year negotiation4 process.

 

Nuclear power is the most important electricity generating method after thermal5 power and hydropower in China, and the country has become the third-largest nuclear power producer in Asia. Only Japan and South Korea generate more nuclear power.

 

All nuclear reactors in operation or being constructed in China have employ the first- or second-generation technology from France, Canada or Russia.

 

This year the country formed the State Nuclear Power Technology Corp (SNPTC), which is mainly in charge of developing third-generation nuclear power technologies. The registered capital of SNPTC is 4 billion yuan ($528.89 million).

 

The central government will fund 60 percent of the company, and the rest will come from four large State-owned enterprises, including the country's two nuclear conglomerates6 CNNC and China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co.

 
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1 finalized 73d0ccbca69b94ee4cd7fc367a8ac9fc     
vt.完成（finalize的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
  • The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2 reactor jTnxL     
n.反应器；反应堆
参考例句：
  • The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
  • Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。
3 reactors 774794d45796c1ac60b7fda5e55a878b     
起反应的人( reactor的名词复数 )； 反应装置； 原子炉； 核反应堆
参考例句：
  • The TMI nuclear facility has two reactors. 三哩岛核设施有两个反应堆。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
  • The earliest production reactors necessarily used normal uranium as fuel. 最早为生产用的反应堆，必须使用普通铀作为燃料。
4 negotiation FGWxc     
n.谈判，协商
参考例句：
  • They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
  • The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。
5 thermal 8Guyc     
adj.热的，由热造成的；保暖的
参考例句：
  • They will build another thermal power station.他们要另外建一座热能发电站。
  • Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
6 conglomerates fc454a44bef83f13306fc280a858ea84     
n.（多种经营的）联合大企业( conglomerate的名词复数 )；砾岩；合成物；组合物
参考例句：
  • At the surface, radioactivity of the conglomerates is locally as high as 30 X background. 在地表，砾岩的局部地段的放射性高达30倍本底值。 来自辞典例句
  • The conglomerates failed to understand that books could not be sold like soap. 这些联合大企业不懂卖书不象卖肥皂那样。 来自辞典例句

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