Vietnam going nuclear. $1.5 billion for 1,000 megawatts.
Vietnam to Look for Uranium for Nuclear Plant, Lao Dong Reports
2003-01-03 06:03 (New York)
Hanoi, Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam's mining department will
look for uranium ore to help power a proposed nuclear power plant,
Lao Dong newspaper reported, citing a government document.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment plans
to investigate reserves of uranium in Vietnam, the head of the
ministry wrote in a letter to the national government. The uranium
would be used if a nuclear power plant is built, the report said.
Vietnam also plans to assess limestone reserves for use in
the cement industry, Lao Dong said. Vietnam will also look for
lead, zinc, manganese and copper in northern Vietnam, for
gold in central Vietnam and for tin in the south.
Vietnam's atomic energy agency plans to submit a feasibility
study to the government by the end of the year on the
construction of a $1.5 billion, 1,000-megawatt nuclear power
plant, which would be the nation's first. |
