France's Areva ready to bid for two reactors in South Africa

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by Staff Writers
Paris (AFP) Jan 22, 2008
A consortium led by French nuclear giant Areva is preparing to bid for two third-generation atomic reactors to be built in South Africa, a spokesman for the group said Tuesday.

Areva, construction and communication conglomerate Bouygues and electricity giant EDF have teamed up with South African engineering firm Aveng for the project, with a formal offer to be made to Pretoria at the end of January.

South Africa wants to build new nuclear reactors to meet growing demand for electricity and has also asked US-Japonese Westinghouse to made a bid.

Areva is building two second-generation nuclear reactions near the Koeberg power station near Cape Town.

President Nicolas Sarkozy is scheduled to pay a visit to South Africa on February 26 and 27.

Areva signed an eight-billion-euro (12-billion-dollar) deal in November to deliver two reactors to China and agreements to develop civilian nuclear power were inked with the United Arab Emirates, Algeria and Libya.

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Slovakia to seek tenders for new nuclear capacity

Bratislava (AFP) Jan 21, 2008
Slovakia will organise a tender for the contract to build new nuclear capacity at its Jaslovske Bohunice site in the west of the country, officials said on Monday.

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