China builds up nuclear power grid

French power generation giant Alstom SA said on Tuesday that it expects to supply the lion's share of the steam turbine market for nuclear power generation in China, the world's fastest-growing nation in terms of atomic energy.

"China will install another 800 gigawatts of capacity for nuclear power, about 70 percent of which will use our technology for steam turbines and other key components," Chen Chaoming, vice-president of Nuclear China-Alstom Thermal, told reporters in Beijing during the 13th edition of Nuclear Industry China, organized by the Chinese Nuclear Society.

Chen, also general manager of Alstom Wuhan Engineering and Technology Co Ltd, said the company has been gearing up to expand its presence in China with investment and recruitment.