일 도시바, 카자흐스탄에 첫 원자로 수출한다 Kazakhstan to buy Toshiba N-reactor
카자흐스탄 쿠르차토프 원자로시설 전경
An aerial view of a nuclear reactor facility in Kurchatov, Kazakhstan.
Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
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The Yomiuri Shimbun
일본 도시바가 세계에서 가장 자원이 많은 나라 중의 하나인 카자흐스탄에 원자로를
수출할 전망이다.
도시바와 카자톰프롬은 이미 작년 연말에 수출 협상을 마친 것으로 알려졌다.
수출할 원자로는 도시바의 자회사인 미 웨스팅하우스의 100만 kw 규모 신형 가압수형
경수로 'AP1000' (Newly developed AP-1000 로 수주액은 4000천~5000억엔(한화
약 5조원) 정도 규모로 도시바는 2030년까지 원자로를 공급할 예정으로 있다.
카자흐스탄은 한국의 차후 주요 원전 수출 대상국으로 선정되어 있다.
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The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Toshiba Corp. is likely to export a reactor for a new nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan, one of the world’s resource-richest countries, it has been learned.
The deal would mark the first time that a Japanese company has exported a nuclear reactor to a former Soviet republic. There are also hopes it will lend momentum to infrastructure exports by Japanese firms, which are being promoted through the government’s growth strategy, and strengthen ties with Kazakhstan.
Toshiba and Kazakhstan’s state-run nuclear power firm Kazatomprom held negotiations in late December, at which the two sides agreed on an order to be fulfilled by the Japanese manufacturer, according to sources.
Courtesy of Toshiba A conceptional drawing of the newly developed AP-1000 advanced pressurized light water reactor
Toshiba will export an AP-1000 advanced pressurized light water reactor produced by U.S. subsidiary Westinghouse Electric Co., with a generating capacity around the level of 1 million kilowatts. The order’s expected value is ¥400 billion to ¥500 billion, the sources said.
Toshiba is expected to sign a contract with Kazatomprom before the end of fiscal 2014. Operation of the reactor is set to start by 2030 in Kurchatov, northeastern Kazakhstan.
Responsible for 36.5 percent of global uranium production in 2012, Kazakhstan is the world’s largest producer of the metal, which is used to make nuclear fuel. As the Central Asian country is also abundant in rare earths, which are needed to manufacture high-tech products, an increasing number of Japanese companies have been taking part in related development projects there.
Kazakhstan’s economic development has been accompanied by a rising demand for energy, so ensuring a stable electricity supply is an urgent task. With no domestic nuclear power plants currently in operation, the country is hurrying to construct one.
The former Soviet republic had originally planned to introduce nuclear reactors produced in Russia, with which it has maintained a close relationship. However, during its annexation of Crimea, Russia took the grave action of halting the natural gas supply.
As a result, Kazakhstan has been more cautious toward excessive dependence on Russia for energy, which apparently helped Toshiba win the order instead, observers said.
The United States has reportedly supported the export of the nuclear reactor produced by Westinghouse Electric, as Washington is also seeking to strengthen ties with Kazakhstan. If Toshiba supplies a large-scale nuclear reactor that serves as an essential power generation source for Kazakhstan, it may be possible to establish a long-term relationship with the country for reactor maintenance, control and repair. This is also likely to help Japan procure a stable supply of natural resources.
In 2014, Toshiba became the first Japanese company to receive an order for a nuclear reactor in Bulgaria. Since the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, the construction of new and additional nuclear power plants or reactors for domestic use has been virtually suspended, so firms in the industry have been searching for new opportunities to export nuclear reactors to resource-rich or emerging countries |
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