Mr. Jiang said in an interview that nuclear power construction targets for 2020 had not yet been set and might end up slightly lower than they would have been without the meltdowns in Fukushima.
At reactors that had been approved before the Fukushima accident but where construction had not yet begun, the government still has not allowed construction to start while continuing to study whether further safety improvements can be made, said Xu Yuanhui, one of China’s top nuclear engineers for the past half century.
The delay applies to several conventional nuclear reactors plus Beijing’s project to build two reactors in northeastern China, using a new generation of technology known as a pebble-bed design. Critics and advocates describe it as safer than current reactors, though its cost-effectiveness unclear.
New reactors expected from World Nuclear association.
Name Status Net Gross Connected/Expected CEFR Operational 20 25 7/21/2011 GUANGDONG-1 Operational 944 984 8/31/1993 GUANGDONG-2 Operational 944 984 2/7/1994 LINGAO 1 Operational 938 990 2/26/2002 LINGAO 2 Operational 938 990 12/15/2002 LINGAO 3 Operational 1000 1080 7/15/2010 LINGAO 4 Operational 1000 1080 5/3/2011 QINSHAN 1 Operational 298 310 12/15/1991 QINSHAN 2-1 Operational 610 650 2/6/2002 QINSHAN 2-2 Operational 610 650 3/11/2004 QINSHAN 2-3 Operational 610 650 8/1/2010 QINSHAN 3-1 Operational 650 700 11/19/2002 QINSHAN 3-2 Operational 650 700 6/12/2003 TIANWAN 1 Operational 933 1000 5/12/2006 TIANWAN 2 Operational 933 1000 5/14/2007 CHANGJIANG 1 Construction 610 650 2014 CHANGJIANG 2 Construction 610 650 2015 FANGCHENGGANG1 Construction 1000 1087 2015 FANGCHENGGANG2 Construction 1000 1087 2016 FANGJIASHAN 1 Construction 1000 1087 2013 FANGJIASHAN 2 Construction 1000 1087 2014 FUQING 1 Construction 1000 1087 2013 FUQING 2 Construction 1000 1087 2014 FUQING 3 Construction 1000 1087 2015 HAIYANG 1 Construction 1000 1250 2014 HAIYANG 2 Construction 1000 1250 2015 HONGYANHE 1 Construction 1000 1080 2012 HONGYANHE 2 Construction 1000 1080 2013 HONGYANHE 3 Construction 1000 1080 2014 HONGYANHE 4 Construction 1000 1080 2014 NINGDE 1 Construction 1000 1087 2012 NINGDE 2 Construction 1000 1080 2013 NINGDE 3 Construction 1000 1080 2014 NINGDE 4 Construction 1000 1080 2015 QINSHAN 2-4 Construction 610 650 3/28/2012 SANMEN 1 Construction 1000 1250 2013 SANMEN 2 Construction 1000 1250 2014 TAISHAN 1 Construction 1700 1750 2013 TAISHAN 2 Construction 1700 1750 2014 YANGJIANG 1 Construction 1000 1087 2013 YANGJIANG 2 Construction 1000 1087 2014 YANGJIANG 3 Construction 1000 1087 2015 41760 Hongshiding 1 1000 1080 2015 Taohuajiang 1 1000 1250 2015 Shidaowan 1000 1080 2015 Yangjiang 4 200 200 2016 45370
Tianwan Phase II –
Tianwan 3 1060 MW (Russian VVER-1000)
Tianwan 4 1060 MW (Russian VVER-1000)
Tianwan Phase III –
Tianwan 5 either Russian VVER-1200 reactors or Chinese CPR-1000 unit
Tianwan 6 either Russian VVER-1200 reactors or Chinese CPR-1000 unit
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