Chinese company builds massive-capacity nuclear generator

[Lightningbolt]

CHENGDU, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Dongfang Electrical Machinery Co. Ltd (DFEM), a major Chinese power generating equipment manufacturer, has completed construction of a 1,750 MW nuclear generator and started transporting it to a nuclear power plant in south China on Saturday.

The 1,750 MW generator currently has the biggest per-unit installed capacity among the nuclear generators in the world, according to the DFEM,which is based in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The generator is being sent to the Taishan nuclear power plant in south China's Guangdong Province from the company's production base in Deyang City, Sichuan Province.

DFEM will provide two such generators for the nuclear power plant.

DFEM has produced 14 nuclear generators so far with a total installed capacity of 15,790 MW.

The Taishan nuclear power plant is a joint venture of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co. Ltd (CGNPC) and Electricite de France.

According to CGNPC, the first-phase project of the nuclear power station got a total investment of 50.2 billion yuan (8.13 billion U.S. dollars), and would include the construction of two units using the Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) technology, with each unit capacity up to 1,750 MW.

The two units of the first-phase project are to be respectively put into commercial operation in 2013 and 2014, and will annually generate 26 billion kilowatt-hours on-grid energy when completed.

Chinese company builds massive-capacity nuclear generator - Xinhua | English.news.cn

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Fantastic. We need to do everything possible to reduce our reliance on overseas energy imports like oil.

At least until we can harness our reserves of Shale oil/gas which are amongst the largest in the world.

And we need to keep increasing our installed capacity of renewable energy as well.

 

[tranquilium]

Fantastic. We need to do everything possible to reduce our reliance on overseas energy imports like oil.

At least until we can harness our reserves of Shale oil/gas which are amongst the largest in the world.

And we need to keep increasing our installed capacity of renewable energy as well.

Fundamentally, renewables just don't have the same controllability and capacity as nuclear. Since the two biggest source of pollution in China is power generation and cars, more nuclear reactor will cut down at least one of them and if they got the electric vehicle figured out within the next two decades, we will be in good shape.

 

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[Samlee]

Congrats All The Way

 

[Globenim]

I think its time to invest into large scale counter measures to nuclear accidents. More than just safety measures. These things are great but they are never perfectly safe. Let it be an unpected earthquake, a flood or just a plane out of control. Its better to prepare now and have experts in the country to make quick decisions than watch an entire city area lost for centuries and billion spent on repairs