CHINA NUCLEAR REACTOR AND EQUIPMENT DEVELOPERS PUSH FOR SALES ON FOREIGN MARKETS
September 1st, 2011
BY MARK GODFREY
ALTHOUGH it has two reactors generation 5% of its electricity needs, South Africa is, like China, a developing country where energy needs exceed capacity. China's emerging nuclear power giant China Guangdong Nuclear Power Co (CGNPC) has been trying to persuade Johannesburg officials to install its 'CPR1000-plus' reactors, derived from French technology.
Jimmy Wang, head of international sales at CGNPC, stressed to World Nuclear News the close ties his firm has nurtured with South Africa, notably between the Daya Bay plant his firm runs and South ...
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