Nuclear energy in Vietnam

In the 1980s Vietnam undertook two preliminary nuclear power studies, which concluded that there was a need to introduce nuclear energy in order to meet the expected growth in electricity demand. A national energy plan stated that the nuclear power program was to be commenced by 2010. In February 2006, the government announced the first nuclear power plant would be commissioned by 2017.^[1]

In June 2010, Vietnam announced that it plans to build fourteen nuclear reactors at eight locations by 2030, providing 10% of the nation's electricity.^[2] In October 2010, it signed an agreement with Russia for the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant, Ninh Thuan 1, due to begin in 2014.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Emerging Nuclear Energy Countries". World Nuclear Association. April 2009. http://world-nuclear.org/info/inf102.html. Retrieved 2009-04-22. 
2. ^ "Vietnam plans ambitious nuclear program". World Nuclear News. 2010-06-24. http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Vietnam_plans_ambitious_nuclear_program-2406104.html. Retrieved 2010-06-27. 
3. ^ "Russia to build nuclear plant in Veitnam". World Nuclear News. 2010-11-01. http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Russia_to_build_nuclear_plant_in_Vietnam-0111104.html. Retrieved 2010-11-04.