htmlOn June 29, Lianyun District, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, the construction site of Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant 7 unit. Photo/IC photoThe nuclear power industry has once again received good news.
CCTV News reported on September 14 that Premier Li Keqiang presided over the State Council Executive Meeting on the 13th and decided to approve the nuclear power project of Zhangzhou, Fujian and Lianjiang, Guangdong, and require absolute safety.
In order to improve energy security capabilities and promote green development, the meeting decided to approve the nuclear power projects of Zhangzhou, Fujian and Lianjiang, Guangdong, which have been included in the planned and ripe conditions. Strengthen supervision throughout the process to ensure safety and safety.
my country's nuclear power policy has become increasingly positive
In recent years, my country has successively approved new nuclear power projects.
In 2019, the nuclear power projects in Rongcheng, Shandong, Zhangzhou, Fujian and Taipingling, Guangdong were approved to start.
The nuclear power industry has been dormant for many years. From 2016 to 2018, my country's nuclear power projects were "zero approval" for three consecutive years.
In September 2020, the State Council Executive Meeting decided to approve the second phase of Hainan Changjiang Nuclear Power Project and the first phase of Zhejiang Sanao Nuclear Power Project.
In April 2021, the fourth phase of Tianwan Nuclear Power Project in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, the second phase of Xudabao Nuclear Power Project in Huludao City, Liaoning Province, and the small reactor project in Changjiang, Hainan were approved.
On April 20 this year, the State Council Executive Meeting approved the three new nuclear power units projects of Zhejiang Sanmen, Shandong Haiyang and Guangdong Lufeng.
plus the nuclear power projects of Zhangzhou, Fujian and Lianjiang, Guangdong approved by the Executive Meeting of the State Council, my country has approved more than 10 nuclear power projects in the past three years.
With the approval of the two major nuclear power projects in Guangdong and Fujian, it can be seen that my country's nuclear power construction has entered a stage of active, orderly and steady development.
Last month, Wang Shoujun, chairman of Chinese Nuclear Society, said at the 29th International Nuclear Engineering Conference that with the continuous advancement of China's "dual carbon" strategy and the deepening implementation of the energy security strategy, nuclear energy development ushered in an important period of opportunity.
Wang Shoujun said that the current global nuclear power industry development is accelerating and China's nuclear power development policies are becoming increasingly positive. In 2021, the policy of "active, safe and orderly development of nuclear power" was proposed. After more than 30 years of development, China's nuclear power technology has made great progress. It is expected that between 2022 and 2025, China will further accelerate the expansion of installed capacity and maintain the approval and start construction of for 6-8 nuclear power units per year. The installed capacity of nuclear power operation in 2025 will reach about 70 million kilowatts.
shows that my country's nuclear power industry is ushering in a good period of development.
Security is still an important prerequisite
nuclear energy, as a clean, safe and efficient energy, has become an important tool for promoting low-carbon and sustainable development around the world.
At present, China already has the third-generation nuclear power technologies of "Hualong One" and "Guohe One". The research and development of large-scale advanced pressurized water reactors and high-temperature gas-cooled reactors has been continuously promoted. New breakthroughs have been made in the research and development of key technologies of advanced nuclear energy systems such as sodium-cooled fast reactors, molten salt reactors, and fusion reactors.
From the requirements proposed by the State Council for "ensure absolute safety" and "strengthening the supervision of the entire process to ensure safety is foolproof" proposed by the State Council, it can be seen that the development of nuclear power is still an important prerequisite and an insurmountable red line.
htmlOn September 14, the blue book "China Nuclear Energy Development Report (2022)" released by China Nuclear Energy Industry Association shows that my country's nuclear power units have maintained safe and stable operation for a long time. The blue book ofshows that my country's nuclear power safety operation performance maintains an international advanced level. In 2021, 34 units in my country reached the full score in the comprehensive index of World Nuclear Power Operators Association , accounting for 44% of the world's full score units.
National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Administration in March proposed to actively and safely develop nuclear power in a orderly manner. On the premise of ensuring safety, we will actively and orderly promote the construction of coastal nuclear power projects, maintain a stable construction pace, and reasonably plan new coastal nuclear power projects.
htmlOn September 3, in the production workshop of Harbin Electric Power Group Harbin Electric Power Factory Co., Ltd., workers were carrying out production operations, and Harbin Electric Power Group created more than 200 "China's No. 1" in the fields of hydropower, thermal power, nuclear power, gas and electricity.Photo/Xinhua News Agency nuclear power brings real benefits
nuclear energy is an efficient, safe and stable clean energy that is bringing real benefits to people.
Take Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power as an example. On July 14, the Haiyang Nuclear Power Phase II Units 3 and 4 and the 900 MW long-distance cross-regional nuclear energy heating project started, exploring the diversified comprehensive utilization of nuclear power.
Haiyang Nuclear Power Units 3 and 4 are the first independently designed and manufactured CAP1000 units in my country, and adopt the third generation of non-active pressurized water reactor nuclear power technology. In the future, these two nuclear power units will provide Shandong with about 20 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity every year, replacing 8.5 million tons of raw coal, and the emission reduction effect is equivalent to planting 344,000 hectares of broad-leaved forests.
According to " Shandong News Network ", based on the stable heating of Haiyang last year, Shandong Nuclear Power aimed at long-distance cross-regional nuclear energy heating, and started construction of a new heating pipeline network of about 120 kilometers. After completion, the heating area can reach Qingdao and Weihai areas, which can meet the heating needs of about 1 million people.
This is a nuclear energy zero-carbon heating technology with completely independent intellectual property rights in my country, providing new ideas for clean heating in winter. At present, Shandong is vigorously promoting the construction of nuclear power plants such as Haiyang and Rongcheng , and building , a Jiaodong Peninsula , and a 30 million kilowatt-level nuclear power base is expected to exceed 13 million kilowatts by 2030, and the annual clean electricity generation will be more than 91 billion kilowatt-hours; at the same time, the nuclear heating area strives to reach 200 million square meters.
As Sun Ning, a third-level researcher at the New Energy and Renewable Energy Department of Shandong Provincial Energy Bureau, introduced, "Under the premise of ensuring safety, we will guide subsequent nuclear power projects to carry out synchronous design, construction and operation of joint heat and power supply, accelerate the technical research and demonstration application of nuclear power seawater desalination, hydrogen production, etc., promote the transformation of nuclear power to ‘nuclear power+’ diversified utilization, and help the energy structure reduce pressure and burden."
From the perspective of nuclear power projects approved in more than three years, it is mainly distributed in coastal provinces such as Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan, Zhejiang, Shandong, and Liaoning.
At present, many coastal provinces are actively building nuclear power projects. Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan and other places have listed nuclear power as one of the key points of work in 2022.
htmlOn September 4, Beijing, in the exhibition area of the National Conference Center, my country's landmark achievement of the third generation of nuclear power independence, "Guohe No. 1", was unveiled at the Service Trade Fair. Photo/IC photomy country has accelerated the pace of energy structure adjustment
Nuclear power has its role in the transformation of energy structure to green and low-carbon. As the world responds to the global energy crisis, nuclear power has the potential to play an important role in helping countries safely transition to renewable energy systems, a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Global nuclear power capacity needs to double in the next thirty years.
However, even so, by the middle of this century, nuclear energy accounts for only 8% of the global power structure.
In recent years, some developed countries have "bet" on nuclear power.
For example, the UK government website announced its energy security strategy in early April, proposing that "we can only rely on nuclear energy to provide our islands with a large enough reliable power base." It also proposed that by 2030, the UK plans to deliver eight nuclear reactors, , which is equivalent to one nuclear reactor approved every year in the future; by 2050, one-quarter of the UK's electricity consumption will come from nuclear energy. In November 2021, French President Macron said in a national televised speech that France will restart nuclear reactor construction in the country for the first time in decades, while continuing to develop renewable energy. Three months later, Macron announced a new nuclear energy strategy in the industrial city of eastern France, Belfort, and said that France will build six new EPR nuclear reactors, the first of which will be put into operation in 2035. In France's energy structure, nuclear power accounts for a large proportion, and about 70% of the national power generation is provided by nuclear power.
After years of hard work, my country's nuclear power development has achieved remarkable results.
The blue book "China Nuclear Energy Development Report (2022)" disclosed that since 2021, my country has invested five new nuclear power units in commercial operation and nine new nuclear power units have started, of which the independent third-generation nuclear power "Hualong 1" has entered the stage of mass construction. Up to now, my country has 53 commercial nuclear power units, with a total installed capacity of 55.6 million kilowatts, 23 nuclear power units under construction, with a total installed capacity of 24.19 million kilowatts. my country's installed capacity of units under construction has been the world's first.
However, compared with developed countries, my country's nuclear power account for a large proportion of development. At present, my country's energy structure is still dominated by coal, and nuclear power accounts for a relatively low proportion of my country's energy structure, which is still a big gap compared with the proportion of nuclear power generation in , EU, and the United States.
my country is accelerating the pace of energy structure adjustment, and the energy production link continues to reduce carbon and improve efficiency.
In May this year, Zhang Jianhua, Director of the National Energy Administration, published an article titled "Completely, Accurately and Comprehensively Implement the New Strategy of Energy Security and Scientifically and Orderly Promote Green, Low-carbon and High-Quality Development of Energy", saying that we should accelerate the promotion of energy transformation, vigorously develop wind power and solar power generation, and actively and steadily develop clean energy such as hydropower, nuclear power, and biomass power generation. In 2025 and 2030, the proportion of non-fossil energy in my country will increase to about 20% and 25% respectively.
It can be predicted that in the future, nuclear energy will work with new energy such as solar energy and wind energy to play an increasingly important and positive role in the adjustment of my country's energy structure. Written by
/ Chief Researcher of Xinjing Think Tank Ke Rui
Editing / Li Xiaoxiao
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