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As part of its 11th five year plan, which runs until 2011,  China is increasing the nuclear portion of its electricity production from 1.6% to 4% targeting 40 GWe generated output by 2020.   The country is also forecasting an additional requirement of 30 GWe, or 30 new reactors of 1000 MWe each.

Currently 11 reactors are in operation with 22 under construction or at design phase.   In order to speed up the process, Chinese authorities have decided to build several “copy models” of the existing pressurised water reactor 1000MWe design installed in Ling Ao in Guangdong province.

The China Nuclear Power Engineering Company Ltd (CNPEC), subsidiary of CGNPC, is working on the construction of 14 new reactors on three different locations – Hongyanhe, Ningde and Yangjiang.

Weir Power & Industrial France has signed a multi-million euro contract with CNPEC, a subsidiary of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Company (CGNPC).   This contract is for the supply of SEBIM brand pilot operated safety valves for the protection of the primary, reactor heat removal and chemical/volumetric control circuits of these 14 units.

The first equipment is due by November 2009 with projected deliveries through till 2014.