Investigation and Analysis of the Rapid Development of Nuclear Power in China

According to China's nuclear power medium and long-term development plan, by 2020, China will build 40 million kilowatts of nuclear power units, with an annual power generation capacity of 260 billion to 280 billion kilowatt-hours, accounting for 4% to 6% of the total installed power generation capacity.

“This means that China will establish at least 30 new nuclear power plants within 20 years,” said Qi Qi, the deputy secretary-general of the China Business Council for Sustainable Development. China attaches great importance to the green effect of nuclear energy, but with the development level of nuclear power in France and the United States. Compared with higher countries, China’s nuclear power development is still in its infancy.

At the same time, since the nuclear accident in Japan, China has generally increased the construction standards for nuclear power stations under reconstruction or planning, and it has been approved to meet the standards of third-generation nuclear power plants. However, in contrast, China's nuclear power equipment manufacturing is still far from reaching construction requirements. According to the latest data, although China has formed a complete nuclear power supporting industrial system and capabilities, it has basically realized the complete localization of the second generation of improved nuclear power equipment, but the localization rate has only reached 85%.

At present, domestic production of nuclear power plants for second-generation nuclear power plants is still not 100% complete. It is not a big hit for nuclear power plants that are currently building standards to upgrade to third-generation standards. The failure of domestic equipment has also directly led to the increase in our external demand.

However, such technologies almost all belong to the top technologies of nuclear power equipment manufacturing industry, and it is impossible to obtain imported products smoothly. Under this extremely severe situation, China's equipment manufacturing industry needs to further increase investment in related scientific research projects. The overall industry technology Need to accelerate the pace of technological upgrading to better meet the needs of domestic construction.