Meanwhile, Areva, a French nuclear company,is engineering ever more powerful plants. Its first reactor, which beganoperating in 1977, was rated at 900 megawatts; its latest model, the evolutionarypower reactor (EPR), is a 1,600-megawatt design. The company has already begunbuilding two such plants in Europe: one in Finland, which is now expected tostart operating in 2011, about two years late, and another in France. Both the EPRand the AP1000, along with GE's latest design, are among the plants underconsideration by American utilities.
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Canada began its nuclear program as early as 1944 and built its first experimental reactor in 1947.
加拿大早在1944年就开始了核项目，1947年它建造了第一台试验性的核反应堆。
Last month Iran passed its latest milestone with the fuelling of its first power-generating reactor, set up long ago by the Russians at Bushehr.
上个月，伊朗迈过了最新的里程碑——为早前由俄罗斯在Bushehr建造的伊朗第一个发电反应堆添加了燃料。
China will start building its first large nuclear-power reactor with home-developed 'fourth generation' technology in 2012-13, a senior engineer involved in developing the system said.
中国原子能科学研究院实验快堆工程部总工程师徐说，2012 - 2013年，中国将开始利用自主研发的“第四代”技术，建造中国首个大型核电反应堆。
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