Westinghouse, along with consortium partner Shaw, has signed contracts to supply four of its AP1000 nuclear power reactors for Sanmen and Haiyang in China.

These will be the first such units built and major technology transfer is involved.

The contracts are with the State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation, Sanmen Nuclear Power Company, Shangdong Nuclear Power Company (for Haiyang) and China National Technical Import & Export Corporation. Specific terms were not disclosed.

Full construction is to start in 2009 and the first power is expected at Sanmen late in 2013.

- News sourced from Australian Uranium Association Weekly News Digest