Chinese Firms Collaborate to Build 2,000-Megawatt Nuclear Power Plant

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas.)--China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPG) (Shenzhen, China), China's second largest nuclear power developer, has partnered with the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Institute (Shanghai, China), Anhui Province Energy Group (Hefei, China) and Shenergy (Shanghai) to form a consortium to construct a 2,000-megawatt (MW) nuclear power plant. The plant is planned to be built in the Bamaoshan region of China's Anhui Province about 60 kilometers south of the city of Wuhu. The consortium is conducting a feasibility study and will soon determine what type of technology will be used for the project. China currently utilizes French and Russian pressurized water reactors (PWR) and Canadian pressurized heavy water reactors.

Recent agreements have been made, and contracts are under development for the Chinese government to build and eventually license the technology of more advanced French and American nuclear units, while its own 1,000-MW (PWR) design is under development and will soon be ready for export to other countries. The Chinese government recently said that it wants to increase the use of alternatives, such as nuclear energy, to reduce pollution, as well as dependence on foreign oil and domestic coal. It has been determined that at the current pace, China will need to construct at least two reactors a year to meet its target of generating 4% of electricity from nuclear plants by 2020.

The Phase I Bamaoshan nuclear power plant will be the first of two phases that will produce up to 4,000 MW for this site. Phase I will consist of two 1,000-MW PWRs that will have two identical containment structures housing the reactor vessels where the fuel rod (uranium) assemblies are located. The reactor vessels also contain the moderators, main/primary coolant pumps and are where the main nuclear reaction takes place. Outside the reactor vessel is where you'll find the pressurizers, heat exchangers, steam turbine generators (1,000 MW each), condensers, and part of the cooling system. The nuclear power station will also consist of the very best environmental emissions monitoring system available in the market, as well as a highly effective filtering, ventilation and spent-fuel area plus wastewater-treatment system.

Construction has been scheduled to begin sometime in the fourth quarter of 2008 with commercial operation slated for the first or second quarter of 2014.

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