The future of nuclear power generation in China?

When China put forward the goal of generating 40 million kilowatts of nuclear power by 2020 in 2006, skeptics said it meant starting at least two nuclear power units every year. They also said that the plan was behind schedule-there were no new projects in China 2011years ago. But China quickly regained its momentum. By the end of last year, China had 165438. The "second generation" design of Canadian, Russian, French and China's own research institutions has been adopted. At present, another 24 nuclear power units-with a capacity of 25.4 million kilowatts-have passed the examination and approval or are under construction. Westinghouse Electric, now a subsidiary of Toshiba, is building four nuclear power units in Zhejiang Province and Shandong Province with "third generation" technology AP 1000. China has signed a technology transfer agreement with them. In exchange, the AP 1000 model is used for the "domestic" reactor in China. At the same time, the French nuclear energy company Areva agreed to use its European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR) technology to build two nuclear power units in Taishan, Guangdong. As Zhou Zhenxing of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group said, China's own nuclear power plant contractors have set their sights on the goal of more than 40 million kilowatts. The company has planned to increase its power generation capacity from the current 3.94 million kilowatts to 34 million kilowatts in 2020. While all regions and provinces in China are eager for a share in the development of nuclear power, China National Nuclear Corporation and China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group have been looking for potential projects all over the country. New nuclear power plants are being built in the eastern coastal provinces of China, and most cities in the mainland are also striving to build the first nuclear power plant inland.