Availability and Demand Actuality of Uranium in China
Since the end of the 1970s, with the adjustment of the State’s policy, the nuclear industry has shifted its focus to serving the national economy, under the prerequisite that military use is guaranteed. The main civil use of uranium is nuclear power generation. However, in the early 1980s, the construction of nuclear power was still at an initial stage, and so readjustment was needed for the exploration and production of uranium to be reduced.
Entering the 1990s, China’s nuclear power construction has made significant advances. Three nuclear power generating units in Qinshan and Dayawan went into operation successively in the first half of 1994, and have been running safely up to the present.
During 1996~1997, China stepped up its development of nuclear power generation. Consequently, 4 nuclear power plants and 8 reactors with a total installed capacity of 6,600 MW have either been built or prepared for construction.
The second-phase project of the Qinshan (Zhejiang Province) nuclear power station, which has an installed capacity of 2?á600 MW, started in June 1996 and planned for operation by 2002. The Ling’ao (Guangdong Province) nuclear power station with an installed capacity of 2?á1,000 MW started construction in May 1997 and planned to generate electricity by 2004. The third-phase project of the Qinshan station is a Sino-Canadian joint project, in which the Canadian side provides the 2?á700 MW heavy water reactors. It is planned to start construction in 1998 and go into operation by 2003. The Tianwan (Jiangsu Province) nuclear power station is a joint project by China and Russia. The first-phase project will begin in 1999, engaged in construction of the 2?á1,000 MW generating units of pressurized water reactors and planned for operation before 2005.As the professional manufacturer of complete sets of mining machinery, such as classifiers,cement making plant, Henan Hongxing is always doing the best in products and service.
In addition, provinces (or region) such as Shandong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangxi and Hunan also plan to construct nuclear power stations early in the next century, and feasibility studies are underway.
Although China has not yet finalized its long- and middle-term plans for nuclear power construction, it is suggested by relevant departments and experts that it would be appropriate to build an installed nuclear capacity of 15,000 MW by 2010, i.e. about 3% of the State’s total electric power capacity. It may be expected to reach 20,000 MW by 2015. In view of its proportion, nuclear power is only supplementary to the country’s power development, but in terms of the total capacity of nuclear power, it will develop to a large scale.
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