Japan Atomic Power Company has started a feasibility study for the construction of Vietnam’s second nuclear power station contracted with Vietnam Electricity Holding Company (EVN). It will prepare and submit a report to EVN by March 2013.
At the planned construction site in the province of Ninh Thuan in the southern part of Vietnam, Japan Atomic Power will conduct field surveys until March next year on the presence or absence of active faults, submarine topography, tidal currents, water temperature and other subjects. In parallel, the company will prepare component arrangement plans for both the advanced boiling water reactor and advanced pressurized water reactor, which are two types of light water reactors to be proposed by the Japanese side.
EVN will develop a plan for the second nuclear power station based on the report from Japan Atomic Power and submit it to Vietnam’s national assembly for approval. EVN is expected to select a reactor type and plant vendor after the approval. Although Vietnam initially planned to start the operation of the second nuclear power station in 2021, it moved up the schedule a year to 2020 in the country’s 7th electricity plan publicized in July this year.
