Project paves way for nuclear exports

Construction of China's first two CAP1400 nuclear reactors is expected to start in Shandong province this year, with commissioning set for 2018, industry sources said.

They added that the project will help pave the way for China to export nuclear power plants and services.

Work is behind schedule, the result of a suspension of the nation's nuclear energy program after the 2011 accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear station.