The 10th China International Nuclear Industry Exhibition March 25-28, 2008 National Agricultural Exhibition Hall Beijing, P. R. China |
China Opens Nuclear Power Industry to Private, Foreign Investors
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2007-05-31
Domestic and foreign companies will be allowed to invest in China's nuclear power generating projects but cannot hold a controlling stake, a senior official with the State Commission of Science and Technology for National Defense Industry said on Wednesday.
China is keen to boost development of the nuclear power industry.
Wang Yiren, head of the commission's No.2 system engineering department, said China is considering opening the nuclear fuel sector to foreign investors.
The country's draft nuclear energy law is being revised, Wang added.
According to China's longer-term development plan for the nuclear power industry, nuclear power capacity will increase to 40 million kw in 2020, with construction work beginning on at least three nuclear power generating units in each of the coming 10 years.
Currently, there are 10 commercial nuclear power generating units operational in China, including the No.1 unit at Tianwan nuclear power station in east China's Jiangsu Province, which came on-stream on May 17. Their combined installed capacity stands at eight million kw.
The other nine units included Qinshan, Dayawan, and No 2 and 3 phases of Qinshan and Ling'ao. Four units are being built as the second phase of the Ling'ao project in south China's Guangdong Province and the second phase of the Qinshan project in eastern China's Zhejiang Province.
According to Wang Yiren, China's nuclear industry generated 54.8 billion kw/h of electricity last year, less than 2 percent of the nation's total.
The government wants the nuclear industry to contribute 4 percent of the nation's energy needs by 2020.
Wang said the Chinese government has strict controls on uranium ore prospecting and mining but allows foreign experts to assist Chinese geological authorities in their prospection efforts.
Wang noted uranium was mainly distributed in two huge inter-continental metallogenic zones, which both traverse the Chinese mainland. This is encouraging for China's chances of finding uranium.
China now has 300-plus research institutions and production firms devoted to nuclear technology, employing approximately 50,000 people.
China Initiates Real-time Monitoring over Nuclear Power Plants
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Xinhua 2007-05-26 00:04:32
China has started trial operations of a nuclear emergency response system that allows for real-time monitoring of the country's nuclear power plants, said a government official on Friday.
The new system, headquartered in the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, will provide information about radiation levels in nuclear power plants, and automatically detect alarms and report emergencies to the plants and the provinces, said Chao Zhexiong, an official of the national nuclear accident emergency management office.
The system can also be extended to overseas organizations and public web sites in case of emergencies.
He said the system has been linked with the emergency response systems of China's three major nuclear power bases, which are in Qinshan of Zhejiang Province, Daya Bay of Guangdong Province and Tianwan of Jiangsu Province, and the provincial nuclear emergency offices.
The second phase of the system, which is still under construction, will connect the provincial emergency offices with that of the central government, according to Chao.
China has maintained a good safety record at its 11 nuclear power generating units, three of which are at Qinshan nuclear power plant, two at Daya Bay, four at Tianwan and two at Ling'ao nuclear power plant near Daya Bay.
China's present installed capacity of nuclear power plants is less than nine million kilowatts, about one percent of all its power generating capacity. It will be increased to 40 million kilowatts by 2020.
China's nuclear plants generate 54.8 billion kwh of electricity in 2006
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people\'s daily online 2007-04-24 16:05:31
China's nine operating nuclear power units generated 54.8 billion kwh of electricity in 2006, or 1.9 percent of the country's total, an official with the state atomic energy agency has said.
Sun Qin, director of the China Atomic Energy Authority, disclosed the figures at the on-going seventh China international nuclear industry expo which kicked off in Shanghai on Monday.
Sun said China's current operating nuclear power units have a total installed capacity of 6.99 million kilowatts, and the country will have 11 units in operation by the end of 2007, with total capacity of 9.11 million kilowatts.
China plans to increase its nuclear power capacity to 40 million kilowatts by 2020, to account for four percent of the country's total electric power, according to the country's medium and long-term development plan for nuclear power building.
China built its first nuclear power plant in east coastal Zhejiang Province in 1991.
The nuclear industry expo, a biyearly event, was first held in Shanghai in 1995. The current three-day event attracted nearly 200 enterprises from more than 20 countries and regions worldwide.
Work to start on NE China's first nuclear power plant in September
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people\'s daily online 2007-04-16 16:25:43
Construction will begin in September on two concrete bunkers that will house the core of a nuclear power plant near Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning Province
The China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group Holdings Co. Ltd (CGNPG), one of the developers, said a panel of more than 200 specialists examined and approved a feasibility study for the project at a meeting held in Dalian last weekend. The approval paves the way for start of construction on the nuclear power plant located in Wafangdian, 104 km north of Dalian in Liaoning Province,.
The feasibility study, completed by Shenzhen Engineering Designs Co. Ltd. of CGNPG, looked at the designs of the four reactors to be installed at the nuclear power plant.
The approval panel was convened by State Electric Planning and Designing Institute. Present at the meeting were experts from the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the State Environmental Protection Administration and the State Power Grid.
The excavations of the foundations for the reactors have also passed inspection which was organized by the National Nuclear Safety Administration, a subsidiary of the State Environmental Protection Administration.
The power station will have six generating units, each with an installed capacity of one million kilowatts.
It will be the first nuclear power plant in northeast China with the first phase coming on line by 2012.
The project, approved by the National Development and Reform Commission last April, will cost 23 billion yuan (2.88 billion U.S. dollars), which will be shared by the China Power Investment Corporation, the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group Holdings Co. Ltd (CGNPG) and two Liaoning companies.
The Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co. Ltd, has been set up to oversee construction and manage the operation of the plant.
The power plant is expected to play an important role in efforts to rejuvenate China's old industrial northeast.
The government plans to increase the country's nuclear power capacity to 40 million kilowatts by 2020, to account for four percent of the country's total electric power, according to information from the National Development and Reform Commission.