Report: China's 3rd-gen nuclear reactor ready by 2013

China's new third-generation nuclear reactor, known as the ACP600, will be completed by 2013 and the first unit is likely to be built in the island province of Hainan or Gansu in the remote northwest, the country's biggest nuclear developer said on Wednesday.

"The design will be completed in 2013 and there are choices on the domestic market, including Gansu and Hainan, but we are discussing the specific details with the government," Liu Jing, deputy director of nuclear power at the China National Nuclear Corporation, said at an industry conference. (Reuters)