The Prospective of Nuclear Power in China

Xu, Yan; Kang, Junjie; Yuan, Jiahai

doi:10.3390/su10062086

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“…Chinese scholars themselves underscore the speed at which nuclear technology has been developing in the country (Xu et al, 2018). They nonetheless claim that the competitiveness of nuclear power compared to other energy sources is likely to be "a major problem" in the short-term period, which is mainly connected with the noticeable investment costs.…”

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Atomic Belt and Road: China’s international nuclear market entry

Toropchin

2022

Vestn. Ross. univ. družby nar., Ser. Èkon.

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Rapid development of China’s internal nuclear market, together with its rise on the international arena and the declared transition to green economy, gave a crucial impetus to its aspirations to enter the international atomic market as a global exporter of nuclear technology. The aim of this article is to define the political and ideological foundations underpinning such an ambitious endeavor, as well as predict the related development in the short and mid-term perspective. The author utilizes both general scientific methods as well as statistical and comparative analysis to single out the directions of China’s nuclear market outreach, both regionally and globally. Pakistan, widely presented as a flagship example of China’s exporting its know-how in nuclear engineering, remains the only partner of a kind in the broader Asia-Pacific. This article demonstrates that Belt and Road Initiative (specifically, the Green Silk Road), out of all multiple formats, was arguably chosen by the Chinese government as the most suitable framework for expanding its influence in the nuclear domain and filling a certain gap which formed after Westinghouse and Areva (now Orano) got reorganised after encountering financial problems. At the same time, China’s bid for leadership in the sphere of nuclear technology is obstructed by some impediments. Among them are Russia’s dominance in breakthrough areas of nuclear engineering and Rosatom’s large market share, as well as lack of political will in some countries’ elites to build ties with China in this strategic realm, opting for competition instead.

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Atomic Belt and Road: China’s international nuclear market entry

Toropchin

2022

Vestn. Ross. univ. družby nar., Ser. Èkon.

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“…According to (Xu et al, 2018), China has the largest number and generating capacity of nuclear reactors under construction in the world. Such a significant number of projects built simultaneously needs additional financial support.…”

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Prospects of Nuclear Energy Development in Asia: Comparison With “Green Energy”

Panina

Prokofiev²,

Barmenkova³

et al. 2020

IJEEP

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Nuclear energy is an important part of energy balance of Asian countries. But at the same time, concerns about the safety of nuclear energy production are high, and the future of nuclear energy in Asia is unclear. New trends in the development of "green energy" production, especially in the most dynamically developing countries of Asia, create a high competition with nuclear energy in the region. The authors aim at a general analysis of the energy markets of leading Asian countries, which have a significant share of nuclear energy production in their energy balance -China, Japan, Korea and India. The second tool that the authors use is an econometric analysis of energy production in the studied countries. These two aspects of the energy sector analysis allow the authors to comprise the results and to form a vision of a more promising sector of the energy industry. Based on these results, the authors give a number of recommendations on the development of nuclear energy production in the studied countries. One of the main conclusions is that nuclear energy should be used as a reserve source of energy in Asian economies until they reach a high share of "green energy" in energy balance.

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“…In USA for example, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aims at a reduction of 32% in greenhouse emissions by the year 2013, hence, suggesting the preservation of existing nuclear power plants [26]. China aims at increasing the production of energy from non-fossil sources by 20% in 2030, and by the end of 2017 china have constructed additional 37 nuclear facilities [27]. Fig.…”

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Nuclear desalination: A state-of-the-art review

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Thermal desalination is an energy intensive process that satisfies its requirement from conventional fossil fuel sources. Current research efforts aim at finding alternatives for fossil fuels to power thermal desalination. Nuclear energy offers a feasible option for power cogeneration and production of fresh water due to the significant amount of recovered useful heat. The heat is exploited to produce steam and generate electricity on-site to power thermal and membrane desalination facilities. Large or small/medium nuclear reactors (SMR) can be used. This paper reviews the various aspects of nuclear desalination, the different nuclear reactors that have been coupled with desalination processes, and the hybrid desalination systems coupled with nuclear reactors. It also discusses the safety and public acceptance for the nuclear desalination practices as well as the latest economic studies and assessments for on -site nuclear desalination power plants.Ten main projects around the world are primarily operated as nuclear desalination plants. The major desalination processes coupled with nuclear SMRs are MSF, MED and RO. The cost of water production using nuclear desalination was estimated to range from 0.4 $/m 3 to 1.8 $/m 3 depending on the type of reactor and the desalination process used.

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The Prospective of Nuclear Power in China

Cited by 35 publications

References 16 publications

Atomic Belt and Road: China’s international nuclear market entry

Atomic Belt and Road: China’s international nuclear market entry

Prospects of Nuclear Energy Development in Asia: Comparison With “Green Energy”

Nuclear desalination: A state-of-the-art review

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