Construction on Ninh Thuan 1 and 2 nuclear power plants, the first of the kind in Vietnam, will be extended southwest as required in new changes to their master plan approved by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, local media reported Friday.

The Ninh Thuan 1 power plant in Vinh Truong village, in the south central coast region, will sprawl over 443.11 hectares of land and 440.57 hectares at sea. The Ninh Thuan 2 power plant in Thai An village will spread 380.91 hectares of land and 337.63 hectares at sea, according to online newspaper Vietnamnet.

Each of the plants will be equipped with four 1,000-1,200 megawatt turbines installed over two phases. The first turbine of Ninh Thuan 1 plant is expected to be connected to the national grid by 2020.

Local authorities are responsible for resident resettlement to pave the way for the construction, which has been delayed a number of times following safety lessons learned from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear incident in Japan, with an initial focus on infrastructure, such as roads and water and electricity supply, Vietnam News Agency reported.

Source: Xinhua News Agency