China Step Closer to Exporting Reactors With Africa Agreement
- Kenya would be one of the first countries to import reactor
- Hualong One reactor developed by Chinese nuclear companies
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China is a step closer to exporting its first domestically designed and developed nuclear reactor after state-owned China General Nuclear Power Corp. signed an agreement with the Kenyan government on the technology.
The memorandum of understanding, reached on Sept. 7 and announced Tuesday, covers development of China’s HPR1000 reactor in the African nation. The agreement makes Kenya one of the first countries outside China to agree to build the HPR1000, which is also known as the Hualong One. The reactor was developed by CGN and China National Nuclear Power Co., China’s two largest nuclear power companies.