Calculating the costs of nuclear energy

The building of only one major nuclear reactor in Viet Nam would be uneconomical, argues Atomic Energy Commission chairman Dr Vuong Huu Tan, who believes that eventually 25 to 30 per cent of his country’s power needs will be met by harnessing the atom.

And the chairman, who says a feasibility study for the building of a reactor at an estimated cost of US$3.4 billion on one of three possible sites – one in Phu Yen Province and two in Ninh Thuan Province, both in southern central Viet Nam – is confident that the timetable to have it generating electricity within 15 years can be met.

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