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FUUATEEN TENBEaS FOR JERVIS BAY

Fourteen tenders for the Jervis Bay Nuclear

Power Station have been received by the Australian Atomic Energy Commission from seven organisations in four countries, the Minister for National Development the IIon. R. W. Swartz

announced today. Tenders closed on Monday 15th June for

the nuclear steam supply system of the Station - the reactor heat exchangers and all ncillary plant and equipment.

The Commission issued tender documents to ten

interested organisations at the end of February. Two firms -- one in Japan and one in the U.SA. - withdrew in

April. At a late stage the Swedish firm .AEA - Atom also

withdrew because of other commitments in Sweden.

Tenders have been received as follows;

Canada. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (a

Government corporation) has offered a Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PH1:k). This system uses heavy water as the moderator and natural uranium fuel. Two bids have been submitted for essentially the one., ,kind of station but with alternative contract conditions.

Germany. Kraftwerk Union (an instrumentality of the German firm of Siemens and A.E.G.) has tendered for three systems - a Boiling Water Reactor (BI-IR) and Pressurised Water Reactor (P\f.) both of which employ ordinary water and enriched

uranium fuel and also a WI. Pwo bids were submitted for the latter in different sizes.

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Â±neat Britain. British Nuclear Design andConstruction i,td, and the Nuclear Power Group have eachtendered. for a Steam Generating Heavy water iteactor (SGIW, R)The latter submitted four tenders -- for two different sizesand under two kinds of contract. It offered a nuclearsteam supply system in each of these sizes and alsooffered "turnkey"" contracts — that is contracts for thecomplete Power Station with turbo generators and all equipment.United States of America. Combustion Engineeringhas offered a P WR; General Electric a BWR, and WestinghouseElectric International aA team of experts will now assess the tenders.Mr. Swartz said that he expects th;: AustralianAtomic inergy Commission to be in a position by the end ofthe year to make a recommendation to the Government.ri ^;  ^ ^7 n 1:i^,  .lutrl16 JULIE, '1970 II

