As China embraces the era of “safe and efficient development of nuclear power”, China Nuclear Power Development Center, subordinate to the National Energy Administration (NEA), is officially set up.
Business cope of China Nuclear Power Development Center covers research on the laws and regulations, planning, policy and standards concerning nuclear power; work concerning the implementation of major special plans for nuclear power; construction, operation and safety monitoring of nuclear power; work concerning accident emergency, design and examination of fire protection, qualification of operating personnel and etc.; work concerning R&D, training, publicity and popularization of nuclear power; consultancy and evaluation of the independence of R&D, technology and equipment; international exchange and cooperation in nuclear power field.
Zeng Yachuan, first director of China Nuclear Power Development Center, once served as branch head of the System Reform Department of the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND), and deputy head, and head of the Policies and Regulations Department of the NEA. Zeng also served as the deputy head of Nuclear Power Department after the NEA was established.
Information shows that the State Commission Office of Public Sectors Reform (SCOPSR) approved the authorized strength of China Nuclear Power Development Center as 20 in 2013 and claimed that the center would be officially established in 2016.
“The establishment of the center will further boost healthy development of China’s nuclear power industry”, a top management of a domestic nuclear power enterprise told journalist of www.yicai.com.
The government work report of this year promoted “safe and efficient development of nuclear power”. Ye Qizhen, a nuclear power expert, told the journalist that safety always comes first for the development of nuclear power.
China now really lives up to its reputation as “big nuclear power producer in the world”. According to official information, China now has 36 in-service nuclear power units and 20 under-construction nuclear power units, making itself No. 1 in the world in terms of the number of under-construction nuclear power units. Installed capacity of in-service and under-construction nuclear power units will reach 58 million kilowatts and above 30 million kilowatts, respectively, by the end of the 13th five-year plan period (2016-2020), suggesting that China’s total number of nuclear power units will rank second worldwide and by 2020, the installed capacity of in-service and under-construction nuclear power units will reach 88 million kilowatts.
It means that to ensure smooth completion of above-mentioned nuclear power development planning, China should construct 6-8 nuclear power units of over 1 million kilowatts every year during the 13th five-year plan period.
Of note, the journalist finds that no construction of new nuclear power units is approved in China yet since 2017. Industry insiders believe that large amount of nuclear power projects might be nodded to construct in China in the coming period.
Translated by Jennifer
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