China has started construction of a 200-megawatt nuclear power project in the coastal city of Rongcheng, the official Xinhua news agency said Monday, citing a statement by its builder and eventual operator.
China
has
started construction of a 200-megawatt nuclear power project in the coastal
city of
Rongcheng
, the
official Xinhua news agency said Monday, citing a statement by its builder and
eventual operator.
Huaneng Shandong Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Co. said construction of the
3-billion-yuan ($482 million) project in eastern
Shandong
province began in December after it was delayed for almost two years following
the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in
Japan
. After
Fukushima
, the project went through
on-site checks in accident prevention and emergency management and passed
government safety inspections, Xinhua said, citing Huaneng.
The nuclear plant will incorporate fourth-generation nuclear technology and
will begin operating by 2017, Huaneng said, according to Xinhua. It will be the
world's first commercial nuclear reactor with fourth-generation technology,
Xinhua added.
The project is part of Huaneng's broader plan to build a 6.6-gigawatt nuclear
power plant, which will require investing 100 billion yuan over 20 years,
Xinhua said.
Parent company
China
Huaneng
Group, China Nuclear Engineering Group and
Tsinghua
University
are
investors in the project, Xinhua added.
In October,
China
's
State Council, or cabinet, said it would gradually restart construction of
nuclear reactors, after it suspended new approvals in March 2011 amid public
concern over nuclear safety following the
Fukushima
disaster.
New reactors would have to incorporate third-generation nuclear-safety
technology that meet the highest international safety standards, it said. The
State Council also said it would allow only a few reactors to be built--and
only in coastal areas.
China
's
long-term ambitions for nuclear power include building as many as 100 reactors
over the next two decades. Before
Fukushima
, it
had planned to expand its nuclear-power generating capacity to 40 gigawatts by
2015 and 80 gigawatts by 2020, though analysts believe those targets are now
somewhat smaller as a result of the Fukushima-related delay in new project
approvals.
China
has
around 15 nuclear reactors in service, which together have a net capacity of
around 11.9 gigawatts.
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