South Korea Targets $400 Billion Nuclear Plant Orders (Update2) - Bloomberg.com - 0 views
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"South Korea, which won its first overseas order to build a nuclear power plant in December, aims to secure $400 billion of contracts by 2030 as demand for atomic energy increases. The nation plans to get orders to build 80 nuclear plants by then and control 20 percent of the global market share, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said in an e-mailed statement today. South Korea will become the world's third-largest nuclear plant exporter, according to the ministry. State-run Korea Electric Power Corp. led a group that beat Areva SA, the world's biggest nuclear power plant builder, and General Electric Co. in winning an order from the United Arab Emirates, the first awarded by a Gulf Arab nation. France, the U.S., Canada, Japan and Russia are currently the biggest exporters of atomic generators. "