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The future of two of the most recognizable French nuclear equipment brands depends on a series of what are currently just holes in the Chinese earth. The developers of these future sites of nuclear reactors along China's southern coast are now deciding whether they want to continue their long cooperation with Electricite de France (EDF) and Areva, or strike out on their own.

China has become a centerpiece of the global business for these two companies since the late 1980s, when China installed its first two nuclear power plants in Daya Bay, near Shenzhen, and Qinshan, sou ......ower shortages. Professing a "build it and they will buy" view on China's nuclear equipment market, Mohammed Muzammel Haque, chief engineer at the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission says population-heavy and resource-thin Asian nations like his own — which will next year break ground on a new reactor — sees nuclear as a way to solve power shortages crimping economic growth. "The key to success will be how China can cut the cost of a reactor, without compromising safety," he states.