China Establishes Nuclear Company

China's first professional nuclear administrative company, the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Engineering Co. Ltd. (a conglomerate), has been established to improve management over existing nuclear power plants and speed up construction of new ones.

A spokesman for the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group said the new engineering company was brought into being to maximise usage of all resources of the conglomerate.

The conglomerate now operates four nuclear power generating units at Daya Bay and Ling'ao.