China's Largest Nuclear Power Project Starts Low-key

Once stagnant China’s nuclear power construction appeared loose. Recently, the demonstration project of the Shidao Bay High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Nuclear Power Plant, which is known as China's largest nuclear power planning project to date, is located in Rongcheng City, Shandong Province. Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Station is also the world's first demonstration project to successfully commercialize the fourth-generation nuclear power technology. Experts believe that the nuclear power plant uses the most advanced nuclear power technology in the world and there is no problem in terms of safety.

The total investment of the Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Station project is about 100 billion yuan, and it is expected that about 6.6 million kilowatts will be generated by the end of 2017. According to the plan, the initial project of the Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Plant is only in the experimental stage, with an investment of about 3 billion yuan, and the actual capacity of the high-temperature gas-cooled reactor is only 200,000 kilowatts, which can be said to be a small nuclear power unit. Professor Zhou Peide of the China Atomic Energy Research Institute said that the technology used in Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Station is currently the most advanced technology in the world and safety is guaranteed. "In terms of safety, Rongcheng's high-temperature gas-cooled reactor project has an obvious feature that safety must meet the requirements of the fourth-generation nuclear technology. It should be said that the fourth-generation nuclear technology has a clear indicator of safety. Well, since it has reached the fourth-generation indicator, I personally think that there should be no problem in terms of security."

It is understood that the Shidao Bay nuclear power plant experimental reactor has simulated a large number of unexpected conditions, including the maximum anticipated accidental state of loss of all external power sources, loss of cooling and voltage loss, and can maintain the core safety state without taking any man-made and external interventions. The waste heat will be discharged so that radioactive materials will not leak out under extreme accident conditions. As for the waste generated from normal operation of nuclear power plants, Professor Zhou Peide believes that they will not cause pollution to the surrounding environment. “According to the results of the current research, the radiation level of Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Station is far below the local level. The waste discharged mainly includes radioactive gas and waste liquid. The national regulatory regulations and regulations have some mandatory emission As long as the requirements are not exceeded, it should be said that there are no problems."

After the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, a leakage accident occurred at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The Chinese government stopped all nuclear power projects under construction. In October 2012, China announced the revised nuclear power industry plan and said it will restart the approval of new reactor projects. It has been nearly two years since the nuclear leakage occurred at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. However, the controversy over the safety of nuclear power has not ceased. In this regard, Zhou Peide believes that there are indeed some problems in the development of China's nuclear power, and measures should be taken to resolve it. “The first problem is that the safety and supervision of nuclear power may not be enough attention, including some infrastructure, education and training, etc. There are some deficiencies; the second problem is that it should be said that there is room for further improvement in operation and technology. Issues of public concern should take a variety of actions and measures to improve the safety of nuclear power plants; the last issue is the sustainable and large-scale development of nuclear energy. Now, it is necessary to establish an entire nuclear fuel recycling technology system."

It is understood that China currently has more than 10 commercial nuclear reactors in operation, and according to the nuclear industry development plan, it will build 27 nuclear reactors in the coastal areas in the future.