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What criteria must locations of nuclear power plants in Vietnam meet?

16:27, 24/06/2010

On June 22, 2020, the Government issued Decree 70/2010/ND-CP guiding a number of Articles of the Law on atomic energy regarding nuclear power plants in Vietnam.

What criteria must locations of nuclear power plants in Vietnam meet? (Internet image)

Article 20 of Decree 70/2010/ND-CP guiding the Law on Atomic Energy regarding nuclear power plants stipulates the overview reports on selection of locations of nuclear power plants in Vietnam including:

- Survey of faults or premonitory signs of earthquake or volcano eruption which might affect the safety of the plant

- Survey of geo-technical features and foundation, and formation of geo-technical sections of the location

- Meteorological and hydrological phenomena

- Comprehensive survey of causes of floods such as dike or dam breaking, rain, typhoon, tsunami, earthquake or other geological phenomena.

- Assessment of impacts of human activities on the operation of the nuclear power plant

- Impacts of radiation on the community

- Water sources for cooling and power for operation of the plant.

An overview report on location selection contains the following details:

Overview of the location selection;

Number, technology and output of turbine units planned to be built in the location requested to be approved;

Satisfaction of conditions for assurance of nuclear safety for the selected location.

The Ministry of Science and Technology shall set out requirements on nuclear safety for assessment and approval of locations of nuclear power plants.

More details can be found in Decree 70/2010/ND-CP, which comes into force from August 10, 2010.

Nguyen Phu

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