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Russia will continue supplying centrifuges to China

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Speaking about Russia's plans to build enrichment facilities abroad, a representative of Rosatom mentioned that Russia will add a 0.5 million SWU/year facility to the three it has already built in China.

UPDATE 10/25/10: Edited to remove total capacity of the first three facilities.

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Russia and China sign enrichment deal from Nuclear power and proliferation on May 24, 2008 6:26 PM

During President Medvedev's visit to Beijing Russia and China signed an agreement that commits Russia to building a uranium enrichment facility in China as well as to supplying China with low-enriched uranium. The deal is estimated to cost $1 billion.... Read More

Atomenergoprom made a first shipment of centrifuges to China as part of the contract signed in 2008 to build the fourth enrichment facility there (adding 0.5 million SWU/year to the 1.5 million previously built).... Read More

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