ALSTOM enters into collaboration agreements for nuclear
industrial partnership in China

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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