VietNamNet Bridge - Officials of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) came yesterday to Vietnam to help the country improve its
nuclear power infrastructure, in order to prepare for the country’s first
nuclear power plant.
Mr. Hoang Anh Tuan, Deputy
Director of the Atomic Energy Agency, said development of nuclear power
infrastructure is an important issue with many difficulties and challenges,
especially for the countries that just starts the nuclear power program as
Vietnam, due to lack of experience and highly qualified experts.
At the meeting yesterday morning,
Mr. Park Jong Kyun, director of IAEA nuclear department confirmed that IAEA
comes to Vietnam to consider and assess the current state of the process of
preparation to build a nuclear power program in Vietnam, then make
recommendations.
"In 2009, we also sent a
delegation to study the infrastructure program in Vietnam. I saw that Vietnam
has made much progress since that date. Hopefully in the future, you will
follow our recommendations to get better results," he said.
The process of development of
nuclear power infrastructure, according to IAEA, consists of three phases.
Phase 1 consists of the review
before making a decision on the nuclear program, known as the pre-project
phase, which ends when the country is committed to a nuclear power program.
Phase 2 includes the preparation
of all aspects for the construction of nuclear power plants, feasibility
studies, opening tenders and starting the construction of the plant.
Phase 3 consists of the
construction activity and it ends when the first nuclear power plant is put
into operation.
According to the criteria of
IAEA, Vietnam is now in the second stage of the development of nuclear power
infrastructure.
Tuan said Vietnam has made
significant progress in some areas of the infrastructure development process,
such as the national availability and consent of the people.
"But there are still a
number of other important contents where Vietnam does not meet the requirements
of the IAEA. It is the lack of experts, legal system and location assessment.
We are actively improving these issues," Tuan said.
Tuan hoped that the IAEA will
join Vietnam to make an assessment of each of the issues related to nuclear
power infrastructure.
The IAEA team will work in
Vietnam until December 14.
Compiled by Nam Nguyen
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