Stamate Cristina 17 novembre 2012
“China’s
future development of nuclear energy”
China has a good system
or the nuclear power industry and is developing the production of
nuclear energy in accordance with the ” Medium and Long term
nuclear power development plan 2005-2020” approved by the State
Council. The plan give specific recommendation and development
programs for the future of energy nuclear in China.
The topics of the plan
are:
1. Nuclear
power is an economic, clean and efficient energy. Nuclear power
stations contribute to slow down global warming and produce less
pollution than coal-powered reactors. Development of nuclear energy
can provide a stable supply of electricity and reduce problems on
logistics and environment due to the production and transportation of
coal
2.Yes she
is capable to develop the nuclear energy, because the resources of
uranium in China are rich. Furthermore about half of the land in
China has not been prospected for uranium yet. China began to
develop nuclear power since the 70s and the first nuclear power plant
began operation in the early 90s. Until now, china has 6 nuclear
power plants with 11 reactors. They maintain a power capacity of
more the 9 million kilowatts.
In addition,
China had a considerable experience in exploring nuclear technology
and establishing safety regulation and emergency response system.
3. As I have
already written China current nuclear power capacity is 9 million
kilowatts but this represent only 2% of the country power generation
capacity. According to the Medium and Long Term Nuclear Power
Development Plan (2005-2020) China will build more nuclear plants in
13 priority areas, both inland and coastal.
The aim is
to reach a total nuclear power capacity of 40 million killowatts by
2020 that is the 6% of the country’s total power generation
capacity. In addiction will be introduced a new pressurized water
type of reactor that will have multiple safety protection system,such
as four safety barrier and will provide a very high level of safety
for nuclear plants.
During the
course of nuclear power construction, China will also construct
radioactive waste disposal sites in parallel to handle the wastes
resulted from the development of nuclear power. By 2020, an
underground repository for storing high-level radioactive wastes will
also be built.
In the
long run China will continue the development of nuclear energy
focusing on thermal nuclear reactors, but at the same time expediting
the study of fast neutron reactor and nuclear fusion reactor.
In my
opinion, even if China masters the design and manufacturing
technology and is trying to carry out a sustainable development but
the risk of nuclear disaster and of environment contamination is
still present. By the way, even if I don’t be pleased about the
idea of nuclear energy I appreciate that China is putting a lot of
effort in their projects trying to develop a new way to produce
energy without damaging the environment.
Great post. I'm VERY disappointed at the UK POLICY - and that the government will pay around £100 per MWh for nuclear-generated energy, more than for other kinds of energy.
RispondiEliminaA couple of language points:
In addition (NOT addiction!!)
...We all remember the Fukushima disaster. And not SO long (time) ago, the Chernobyl disaster, where people, nearly 20 years later, are still fighting (with) devastation, poverty and diseases like cancer.
Another way to produce environmentalLY-friendly energy is possible. We all know that clean energy could be MADE (done) with wind farm and solar panels. But there are a lot of other wayS to create green energy like using the energy released by waves or by high tides and so on...