Russia willing to help VN build nuclear power plant

Russia is willing to cooperate with Vietnam in building its first nuclear power plant, said an executive of Russia’s Rosatom Nuclear Energy State Corporation.

Valeri Rachkov, Director of Rosatom’s Scientific Policy Department, said during the International Nuclear Energy Exhibition which wrapped up in Hanoi on May 17 that Russian companies have good prospect of winning bids for building the first nuclear power plant in Vietnam as Russia has experiences in this field.

He noted that the Russian company Atomstroieksport is currently building five reactors overseas – two in India, one in Iran and two in Bulgaria – that make up nearly 20 percent of the world’s nuclear energy market.

However, the executive added that it is still too early to mention any specific plans as there will be fierce competition in the Vietnamese market.

On May 15 and 16, representatives from Rosatom and Atomstroieksport met with the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam and the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute on the issue.

Vietnam ’s National Assembly is discussing a bill on nuclear energy. If the bill is approved in June, it will pave the way for the construction of the country’s first nuclear power plant and by 2020, the country’s first reactor will begin its operation.

The government’s power development plan sets the target that nuclear energy will make up at least 3 percent of the country’s power sources by 2020.

Source: CPV/VNA

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Russia to help in Vietnam civil nuclear program

07 November 2008
MOSCOW — Russia wants to take part in Vietnam's planned nuclear energy program, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov said Thursday following talks with Vietnam's Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem in Hanoi.

"We know that such plans were made in Vietnam, very daring and far-reaching plans. We hope that Russia will be among those who will work with Vietnam in this hi-tech area and continue the traditions of our cooperation," Denisov said in an interview to the ITAR-TASS news agency.

Last week, Russia and Vietnam signed oil and gas deals after trade talks in Moscow between the countries' presidents, as part of a broader effort by Russia to regain Soviet-era influence in the region.

While trade between Russia and Vietnam has grown in recent years, Russia's clout in the Southeast Asian country is still a shadow of Soviet-era levels.

Russian trade turnover with Vietnam was set to reach 1.5 billion dollars in 2007, Medvedev said, a figure dwarfed by the annual trade turnover between Vietnam and the United States of over 10 billion dollars.

Agence France Presse - November 7, 2008

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Seminar on Introduction of ATMEA and Nuclear Reactor ATMEA1

On 19 September 2008, the Seminar on Introduction of ATMEA and Nuclear Reactor ATMEA1, co-organized by the ATMEA S.A.S ATMEA, a joint venture by AREVA (France) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan) - two of the world’s leading nuclear suppliers, and the Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission (VAEC) was held in Hanoi.
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The ATMEA’s delegation led by Mr. Stefan vom Scheidt, Chairman and CEO of ATMEA, together with Mr. Makoto Kanda of MHI as Deputy CEO and other experts have been to Hanoi this time for holding the Seminar, which focused on the introduction of ATMEA, its expertise and its most important product - ATMEA1- a 1,100 MWe Generation III+ pressurized water reactor (PWR) that brings together innovative and proven nuclear technologies from both AREVA and MHI.

More than 70 Vietnamese participants from various nuclear related organizations/institutions such as the Office of Central Communist Party, Government Office, Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Security, VAEC, VARANS, EVN, IE have participated in the Seminar.

Dr. Vuong Huu Tan, Chairman of the VAEC, has delivered the opening remark, welcoming the distinguished experts from the ATMEA and the participants and making some introduction on the status of nuclear energy development program in Vietnam.

On this occasion, the ATMEA Delegation also paid courtesy call on Prof. Dr. Dang Vu Minh, Chairman of the Science, Technology and Environment Committee of the National Assembly. The ATMEA delegation were also received by the leaders of both MOIT and the MOST.

The ATMEA delegation paid an official visit to the VAEC on 17 Sep. 2008. Chairman of the VAEC, Prof. Vuong Huu Tan and other VAEC’s representatives warmly welcomed the delegation at the VAEC’s headquarter. Both sides discussed the advantageous of the ATMEA1 and hope to establish mutual cooperation in the future.

Source: VAEC

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