WNN reports that a memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed by Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology on the construction of a nuclear science and technology center in Vietnam. An inter-governmental agreement to build the center was signed between Russia and Vietnam in 2011.
The nuclear science and technology center will be equipped with Russian-designed research reactors, a multipurpose cyclotron, as well as research laboratories, an engineering complex, equipment and infrastructure to ensure the safe operation of the center. It will be used for training staff for the Vietnam nuclear power program.
In 2010, Russia signed an intergovernmental agreement with Vietnam for the construction of the first nuclear power plant in the Southeast Asian country. The agreement called for the construction by Rosatom subsidiary AtomStroyExport of the Ninh Thuan 1 nuclear power plant at Phuoc Dinh in the southern Ninh Thuan province, as a turnkey project. The plant was to comprise two 1200 MWe VVER pressurised water reactors and be owned and operated by state-owned Electricity of Vietnam.
The Ninh Thuan 2 plant at Vinh Hai, on Cam Ranh Bay about 20 kilometres northeast of Phouc Dinh, was to be developed under a partnership with Japan. However, last November the Vietnam legislature endorsed the government decision to abandon plans to build the first two nuclear power plants in favor of renewable energy and power imports amid lower crude oil and coal prices.
The government of Vietnam appreciated the positive attitude and the support of Russia and Japan in the preparation of their nuclear projects. Vietnam assured that Russia and Japan will remain the main partners in their country, if they are going to build nuclear power plants.
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