Posted on 08 Oct 2010
China is accelerating the development of nuclear power over the next decade in a bid to slash carbon emissions and reduce the nation's heavy reliance on coal. This is expected to result in investment of up to RMB 70bn ($11bn) in the sector between 2010 and 2020, China Nuclear Energy Association vice-chairman, Zhao Chengkun, believes. Beijing has set a new goal of having 70,000 megawatts of nuclear power capacity by 2020, a revision from an earlier target of 40,000 megawatts, Zhao said at a conference on 29 September.
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) had earlier revealed that China may achieve its long-term aim of having 40,000 megawatts of nuclear power capacity four to five years ahead of schedule, Steel Business Briefing notes. NEA head Zhang Guobao said on 20 September that China is building the world's largest nuclear capacity.
Beijing has approved the construction of 34 reactors with a capacity of 36,920 megawatts. Some 25 units with capacity totaling 27,730 megawatts are currently under construction. A number of China’s steel tube makers are upgrading their facilities in the hope of supplying higher-quality products to the country's expanding nuclear sector, which generally relies on imported material for its nuclear power plants. Meanwhile, Valinox Nucléaire, which is part of the French seamless tube producing group Vallourec, plans to build a plant to produce steam generator tubes in southeastern China’s Guangdong province, as SBB has reported. The plant is expected to begin operating in the second half of 2012. China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) had earlier revealed that China may achieve its long-term aim of having 40,000 megawatts of nuclear power capacity four to five years ahead of schedule, Steel Business Briefing notes. NEA head Zhang Guobao said on 20 September that China is building the world's largest nuclear capacity.
Beijing has approved the construction of 34 reactors with a capacity of 36,920 megawatts. Some 25 units with capacity totaling 27,730 megawatts are currently under construction. A number of China’s steel tube makers are upgrading their facilities in the hope of supplying higher-quality products to the country's expanding nuclear sector, which generally relies on imported material for its nuclear power plants. Meanwhile, Valinox Nucléaire, which is part of the French seamless tube producing group Vallourec, plans to build a plant to produce steam generator tubes in southeastern China’s Guangdong province, as SBB has reported. The plant is expected to begin operating in the second half of 2012. Beijing has approved the construction of 34 reactors with a capacity of 36,920 megawatts. Some 25 units with capacity totaling 27,730 megawatts are currently under construction. A number of China’s steel tube makers are upgrading their facilities in the hope of supplying higher-quality products to the country's expanding nuclear sector, which generally relies on imported material for its nuclear power plants. Meanwhile, Valinox Nucléaire, which is part of the French seamless tube producing group Vallourec, plans to build a plant to produce steam generator tubes in southeastern China’s Guangdong province, as SBB has reported. The plant is expected to begin operating in the second half of 2012.
