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China's nuclear ambition not dented by Fukushima meltdown
By Lydia Chen |
June 24, 2011, Friday
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THE partial meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi plant following the March 11 earthquake did not seem to deter China from pursuing its nuclear power ambition, only postponing it perhaps for two years.
China, which has the world's most ambitious nuclear power blueprint, is likely to halt new project approvals in the next two years, according to the country's nuclear safety framework that is expected to be submitted to the State Council in August.
This could be a longer freeze than previously thought. On March 16 the central government ordered a freeze on new reactor construction until all existing plants were checked, construction plans reviewed and a new national safety framework put in place.
The framework, which is still under discussion at the National Nuclear Safety Administration, is likely to be published at the end of this year after being approved by the State Council, Shen Wenquan, a member of the expert panel of the State Nuclear Power Technology Corp, told China Securities News.
But Shen said the suspension will not affect the 27 reactors that are already under construction. They account for 43 percent of all the reactors being built around the world.
Work on the 27 reactors is expected to finish as late as 2017 with a combined generating capacity of 30.79 gigawatts, which will help China attain its target of 40 gigawatts in 2015 from 10.8 gigawatts last year.
China currently has 13 nuclear power reactors in operation, compared with 104 in the United States, 55 in Japan and 19 in Britain. China plans to increase its number of operational reactors to 40 by 2015.
China, which has the world's most ambitious nuclear power blueprint, is likely to halt new project approvals in the next two years, according to the country's nuclear safety framework that is expected to be submitted to the State Council in August.
This could be a longer freeze than previously thought. On March 16 the central government ordered a freeze on new reactor construction until all existing plants were checked, construction plans reviewed and a new national safety framework put in place.
The framework, which is still under discussion at the National Nuclear Safety Administration, is likely to be published at the end of this year after being approved by the State Council, Shen Wenquan, a member of the expert panel of the State Nuclear Power Technology Corp, told China Securities News.
But Shen said the suspension will not affect the 27 reactors that are already under construction. They account for 43 percent of all the reactors being built around the world.
Work on the 27 reactors is expected to finish as late as 2017 with a combined generating capacity of 30.79 gigawatts, which will help China attain its target of 40 gigawatts in 2015 from 10.8 gigawatts last year.
China currently has 13 nuclear power reactors in operation, compared with 104 in the United States, 55 in Japan and 19 in Britain. China plans to increase its number of operational reactors to 40 by 2015.
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