ＥＥＥ会議（中国が新たに原発４基の建設を計画）...........................................................031227


中国は急増するエネルギー需要に対処しつつ石炭、石油への依存度を下げる
ため、原子力推進政策をとっておりますが、新たに４基（各１００万キロワット級）
の原子力発電所建設に向けて外国企業に入札を求めることとしており、目下
フランスのＥＤＦ，米国のＷＨ，日本の三菱重工等が応札合戦を展開中の模様
です。ちなみに現在中国で運転中の１１基の原子炉のうち８基が外国製で、
原子力発電は総発電電力量の１．３％。　これを２０２０年までに４倍に増やし、
３，６００万キロワット（設備容量）にするという極めて野心的な計画を立てている
由。　詳細は次のＡＦＰ電でどうぞ。
--KK

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China invites foreign bids for four nuclear power plants
     AFP, Wed Dec 24, 2:34 AM ET

BEIJING (AFP) - China is to invite foreign companies to bid for the design
and construction of four nuclear power plants in contracts worth billions of
dollars, state media said.

China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) and Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp drafted
tender documents and sent them to the State Council for approval, CNNC
general manager Kang Rixin was quoted as saying by the China Daily.

"We will start international bidding once the proposal is approved," Kang
said, adding that China will insist on using domestic technology in the
plants when selecting international partners.

Foreign companies such as Electricite de France, Westinghouse of the United
States and Japan's Mitsubishi have been scrambling for a piece of the action
since Beijing, spurred by a growing power crisis, announced plans for new
nuclear facilities earlier this year.

Construction of four 1,000 megawatt pressurized water nuclear power
facilities is expected to begin in Sanmen, in eastern Zhejiang province, and
Lingdong, in southern Guangdong province in 2005.

With concerns running high about the impact of the power shortage on the
country's economic development and the national security implications of its
reliance on Middle East oil, China is looking to diversify its power base
under a long-term plan.

The country has set an ambitious goal of having a nuclear capacity of 36,000
megawatts by the year 2020 -- four times its current level.

Nuclear power now accounts for just 1.3 percent of China's electricity
supply.

Eight of the 11 nuclear power plants currently operating in China have been
built by foreign companies.


（提供：　熱田利明氏）