China beefs up work on 2 nuclear sites with used construction equipment

Two nuclear power plants in Ningde and Fuqing, both in China's Fujian province begun construction with a total of six 1000 MWe reactors ultimately planned for the sites, at a cost of 100 billion yuan ($14.7 billion) with contractors using both new and used construction equipment. The first phase of the project will see the construction of two CPR-1000 units, scheduled to start up in 2013 and 2014, respectively. The CPR-1000 is an advanced pressurised water reactor (PWR) design developed by China from the Areva-designed PWRs at the Daya Bay nuclear power station.