OREANDA-NEWS. November 21, 2008. By the end of 2008 Atomstroyexport CJSC and China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPG) are planning to conclude a contract for building the 3rd and 4th units of Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant, President of Atomstroyexport Leonid Reznikov said during a press-conference on Nov 20 2008.
 
“We hope that the contract will be signed by the end of this year,” he said.

As was reported earlier, during the meeting of Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of China Wen Jiabao on Oct 28 2008 Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation and China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) signed a memorandum for cooperation on the construction of two more reactors at Tianwan NPP.

The 1st and 2nd units of the plant (two 1000MW WWER-1000 reactors) have been built by Atomstroyexport. The 1st unit was launched on June 2 2007, the 2nd one – on Sept 12 2007.