Under the contract, its technology will be used for four third-generation nuclear reactors: two in Sanmen, East China's Zhejiang Province, and another two in Yangjiang, South China's Guangdong Province.

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It will be Westinghouse's first major project in China. Earlier media reports estimated that the value of the project would reach US$8billion.

According to Liu Xingang, chief representative of Westinghouse China, the company's success can be mainly attributed to three factors: advanced technology, competitive pricing and an offering of all-round technology transfer.

Westinghouse's technologically advanced power plant, the AP1000, employs passive safety systems that rely on gravity, natural circulation and evaporative cooling wherever possible.

"The AP1000 is the safest and most economical nuclear power plant available in the worldwide commercial marketplace and is the only third-generation plus reactor to receive a design certification from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission," Liu said.

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