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Article: CHINA TO BUILD 3 INLAND NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS.
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- November 5, 2009
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TIANJIN, Nov 5 Asia Pulse - The design and first-phase construction of three inland nuclear power stations in China has begun, Wang Binghua, chairman of State Nuclear Power Technology Corp., said Wednesday at 2009 China Power Forum.
The new sites are Xian'ning City in the central Hubei Province,Taohuajiang City in the central Hunan Province and Pengze City in the eastern Jiangxi Province.
China's existing nuclear power stations are sited along the eastern coast.
Building more nuclear power stations is essential to China's endeavor to cope with energy shortage and pollution, said Ye Qizhen, deputy director of the science and technology committee ...