INTERVIEW-GE-Hitachi eyes 9,000 MW nuclear capacity in India | Reuters - 0 views
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Energy Net on 18 Jan 09GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy expects to get orders for six to eight nuclear power reactors in India, with total capacity of up to about 9,000 megawatts, once state-run nuclear firms put out orders to build reactors. GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy, a joint venture between U.S conglomerate General Electric Co and Japan's Hitachi said it could supply its advanced boiling water reactors (ABWR) once regulatory hurdles are cleared. "The rough idea of work is ABWRs of about 9,000 megawatts at the site. That's a lot of work, but it will be spread over many years," GE-Hitachi's senior vice president Steve Hucik, in India as leader of a U.S. commercial nuclear delegation, told Reuters. India signed a nuclear pact with t