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Westinghouse, Toshiba, AREVA, Rosatom marketing nuclear power to Czech Republic

U.S.-based Westinghouse Electric Co., a subsidiary of Japan’s Toshiba Corp., France’s state-owned nuclear engineering giant Areva SA and a consortium led by Russia’s Atomstroyexport submitted preliminary bids.

Czechs pledge to develop nuclear energy program  Bloomberg, BusinessWeek. 18 March, PRAGUE The Czech Republic’s prime minister says his country will go ahead with plans to develop its nuclear energy program despite Japan’s nuclear crisis.Petr Necas says the government will complete a multibillion tender to build two more nuclear reactors at the Temelin nuclear power station……..

U.S.-based Westinghouse Electric Co., a subsidiary of Japan’s Toshiba Corp., France’s state-owned nuclear engineering giant Areva SA and a consortium led by Russia’s Atomstroyexport submitted preliminary bids.

Necas said Thursday there are no plans to shut down the country’s nuclear reactors because they are safe……Czechs pledge to develop nuclear energy program – BusinessWeek

March 18, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, marketing