China set to build 200 nuclear power plants

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Thu, Sep 26 2013

Beijing aims to cut high level of emissions generated by the large-scale use of coal

Beijing: China plans to build 200 new nuclear power plants and speed up the construction of 29 more as part of efforts to cut the high level of emissions generated by the large-scale use of coal.

China’s demand for nuclear plants will reach 200, with four to six new projects being approved annually before 2015, said Jian Jingwen, deputy head of the equipment department at the State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation.

The number will touch 10 plants every year after 2020, Jian was quoted as saying by state-run China Daily.

China plans to increase nuclear power generation capacity from 10.7 gigawatts in 2010 to 160 gigawatts in 2040, the report said.

China is also strengthening its efforts to develop clean energy. When it comes to finding a solution to China’s air pollution problem, experts and environmental officials are unanimous in their belief that nuclear power is the way to go even though misgivings remain, the report said.
China will also account for 40% of the global net increase in nuclear capacity between 2010 and 2040, the report said, quoting an international energy outlook released by the US Energy Information Administration.

A total of 29 atomic plants are being built after the Chinese government lifted a ban imposed after the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in Japan.

Nuclear energy is preferred as China is unable to bring down the high pollution levels generated by excessive use of coal in most manufacturing units, officials say.

China set to build 200 nuclear power plants: report - Livemint

 

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Construction begins on Tianwan 4

27 September 2013

The pouring of first concrete today for another Russian-supplied reactor at the Tianwan site in China's Jiangsu province brings the total number of power reactors currently under construction in the country to 30.

First concrete is poured at Tianwan 4 (Image: CNNC)

Tianwan 4 will be an AES-91 VVER-1000 unit designed by Gidropress and supplied by Russian state firm Rosatom. Two similar units began operating at the site in 2007, while construction of a third began in December 2012. Each of the VVERs is rated to produce 1060 MWe, while up to four further potential units of similar size are foreseen at Tianwan by Chinese planners.

Under an August 2011 contract, Russia's AtomStroyExport is the main contractor, supplying the nuclear island worth about 30% of the project value. However, an Areva-Siemens instrumentation and control system will be used. Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation (JNPC) - a joint venture between China National Nuclear Corporation (50%), China Power Investment Corporation (30%) and Jiangsu Guoxin Group (20%) - is responsible for the remaining work: the civil engineering, turbine island with equipment and related infrastructure.

Tianwan units 3 and 4 - known as Tianwan Phase II - are scheduled to begin power generation in February 2018 and December 2018, respectively. The Tianwan plant is operated by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).

The start of construction of Tianwan 4 closely follows that of unit 5 at the Yangjiang plant in Guangdong province. There are now 30 power reactors under construction in China, including a demonstration 210 MWe high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTR) at Shidaowan in Shandong province.

Construction begins on Tianwan 4

 

[Juice]

I wish we would too. But the fear-mongers who have no understanding of physics or radiation kill it for us.

 

[Pakistanisage]

China should now go for 5000 MW Fourth Generation Nuclear Power Plants which will in essence use lesser Uranium than the present 1000 MW Third Generation Nuclear Power Plants due to higher efficiency and there will be lesser Nuclear Waste. Pakistan could really use 5000 MW Nuclear Reactors to overcome its electricity shortage.

 

[S10]

China should now go for 5000 MW Fourth Generation Nuclear Power Plants which will in essence use lesser Uranium than the present 1000 MW Third Generation Nuclear Power Plants due to higher efficiency and there will be lesser Nuclear Waste. Pakistan could really use 5000 MW Nuclear Reactors to overcome its electricity shortage.

China needs the electricity in the next few years, not the next few decades. It can't wait around for four generation reactors to mature while sitting idle. The best strategy is to make sure the plants are as safe as possible to eliminate anything similar to Chernobyl or Fukushima.

 

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Tianwan 4 will be an AES-91 VVER-1000 unit designed by Gidropress and supplied by Russian state firm Rosatom. Two similar units began operating at the site in 2007, while construction of a third began in December 2012. Each of the VVERs is rated to produce 1060 MWe, while up to four further potential units of similar size are foreseen at Tianwan by Chinese planners.

Under an August 2011 contract, Russia's AtomStroyExport is the main contractor, supplying the nuclear island worth about 30% of the project value. However, an Areva-Siemens instrumentation and control system will be used. Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation (JNPC) - a joint venture between China National Nuclear Corporation (50%), China Power Investment Corporation (30%) and Jiangsu Guoxin Group (20%) - is responsible for the remaining work: the civil engineering, turbine island with equipment and related infrastructure.

Tianwan units 3 and 4 - known as Tianwan Phase II - are scheduled to begin power generation in February 2018 and December 2018, respectively. The Tianwan plant is operated by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).

 

[xunzi]

For the environment, there is no question nuclear energy will help eliminate some of the pollution.