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Hitachi expects to sign final agreement on Visaginas NPP in summer

Petras Vaida, BC, Vilnius, 20.12.2011.Print version
Hitachi's nuclear plant business has been facing difficulties in Japan since the start of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster triggered by the March 11 natural disaster, marketwatch.com reports.

But Hitachi President Hiroaki Nakanishi said overseas demand for Japan's nuclear plant technology remains solid. In July, Hitachi was selected as a preferred bidder for a nuclear power plant project in Lithuania, writes LETA/ELTA.

 

Nakanishi said the company expects to reach a concession agreement in mid-February and sign a final agreement next summer.


Lithuania's representatives so far have been saying that an agreement with Hitachi would be signed in late December or early January of 2012. In July, Hitachi was selected as a preferred bidder for the Visaginas nuclear power plant project in Lithuania.






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