23 ноя 2010 г. - US group gives China details of nuclear technology

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Westinghouse Electric has handed over more than 75,000 documents to its Chinese customers as the initial part of a technology transfer agreement that it hopes will secure the company’s place in the world’s fastest-growing nuclear market.

The documents relate to the construction of the four third-generation AP1000 reactors that Westinghouse, a US nuclear company controlled by Toshiba of Japan, is building in China.

Westinghouse won the hotly contested bid to build the AP1000 reactors in China partly because of the technology transfer element of the contract, according to the World Nuclear Association.

Westinghouse won the hotly contested bid to build the AP1000 reactors in China partly because of the technology transfer element of the contract, according to the World Nuclear Association.

Foreign companies, with the backing of a growing number of their governments, have become increasingly critical of China’s demand for technology in return for winning contracts.

Technology transfer is a key issue for the nuclear industry, not only for safety reasons but also because Beijing wants cutting edge technologies to further its ambitious agenda of nuclear growth.

China has 23 reactors under construction and a further 120 proposed. Beijing has embraced nuclear energy to lessen reliance on fossil fuels.

Jack Allen, president of Westinghouse for Asia, told the Financial Times that the company has “no guarantees” of its role in China once the four AP1000 reactors were completed.

“We don’t expect that we will walk away at the completion of these units and not participate in the [nuclear] programme, but there are no guarantees.”

Westinghouse is pursuing a strategy that many foreign companies have tried before in China: handing technology to local counterparts, and betting that it will be many years before they can match it.

https://www.ft.com/content/fcac14a8-f734-11df-9b06-00144feab49a

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