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China to Build 10 Nuclear Reactors in East - Paper
CHINA: July 18, 2005
BEIJING - China Power Investment Corp., one of the country's major
electricity firms, plans to build 10 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactors
in the provinces of Shandong and Liaoning to ease reliance on coal, a
newspaper said on Friday.
It did not say which nuclear technology would be used or when the
project's construction was scheduled to begin and end.
"We will build six 1,000-megawatt reactors at Haiyang in East China's
Shandong province, as well as four similar ones at Hongyanhe, Dalian
in Liaoning province," the China Daily quoted a senior director of
the firm as saying.
China relies on coal for 70 percent of its booming energy demand. It
has the biggest coal mining industry in the world, but also the most
dangerous: last year, more than 6,000 people were killed in mining
accidents nationwide.
Coal burning has also contributed to China's environmental woes, and
the country is the world's second-largest producer of greenhouse
gasses.
Liu Changqing, the senior director with the China Power Investment
Corp., told the newspaper the central government had already given
preliminary project approvals, including the environmental protection
and safety assessments.
Further "procedures" needed to be examined by the National
Development and Reform Commission before infrastructure construction
could start, it said.
China is investing some 400 billion yuan ($48 billion) in building 30
nuclear reactors by 2020, according to the China National Nuclear
Corporation.
China now has nine reactors, generating around 2.3 percent of its
electricity. ($US1 = 8.276 yuan)
REUTERS NEWS SERVICE
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