The Prime
Minister has approved of the Nuclear power development plan in
The Nuclear
power development plan is divided into three stages:
Phase 1 until
2015: gaining approval of investment project, location proposal, selection of
contractors. Project managers and core technicians should have been chosen for
construction of the first nuclear power plant.
By phase 2, the
first unit of Ninh Thuan 1 nuclear power plant will have been completed and
begun operating by 2020, the second by 2021. Meanwhile construction of Ninh
Thuan 2 nuclear power plant and preparation of other power plants should be
started
Phase 3 lasts
until 2030, when the remaining nuclear power plants will be in construction.
The plan
expects to have total capacity of nuclear power plants around 8,000 MW by 2025,
increasing to 15,000 MW in 2030.
By Nguyen Thu An