Collaboration agreements for nuclear industrial partnership in China

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ALSTOM and Dong Fang have agreed to cooperate in the preparation and submission of a mutually agreed proposal to supply the Turbine Generator Package for Ling Ao nuclear power plant Phase II (2 X 1000 MW), as launched by the China Nuclear Power Engineering Company. ALSTOM and Dong Fang have successfully cooperated during the last ten years for the delivery of the Conventional Islands of Ling Ao Phase I nuclear power plant (2 X 1000 MW) and therefore have decided to pursue collaborating on Ling Ao Phase II.

ALSTOM is willing to support the Chinese self-reliance programme for Nuclear Power by partnering with Chinese industry and the local Electric Power Design Institutes, especially with its ARABELLE technology for half speed steam turbines of 1500 MW Class (1000 - 1700 MW) used in nuclear power plants.
ALSTOM also intends to invest in a state-of-the-art welded rotor facility in China to serve both the Chinese and the world market for nuclear or fossil steam turbines using ALSTOM technology. ALSTOMs unique welded rotor technology can bring huge benefits to the Chinese self-reliance programme in terms of technical performance and local manufacturability.

Patrick Kron, ALSTOMs Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, expressed during his visit in China the importance of these partnerships for ALSTOM, reiterating that 'ALSTOM has been playing an active role in the development of the energy infrastructure in China now for several decades. We have wide experience in nuclear technology having supplied conventional islands in more than a third of the global nuclear installed base. We are therefore looking forward to participating in the ambitious nuclear programme that will be implemented in China with our Chinese partners with which we have been collaborating for many years now'.

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