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Chinese nuclear companies keen to market reactors overseas

Buy-China-nukes-1Chinese Nuclear Firms Compete Abroad for Exports and for Market Share at Home, Energy Collective  Two giant rival Chinese state-owned nuclear firms are pulling out the stops to achieve success with exports and increased market share of the restarted domestic reactor construction program. The so-called Hualong One, a 1000 MW PWR type reactor, is being hawked by both firms, but with significant enough design differences that potential customers worry about supply chain issues……..

 recent presentations by both firms to potential customers in the UK reveal that differences are barely papered over. In a show of strength the CNNC said at a trade show in Beijing that it’s prior design, the ACP1000, is available to the UK Hinkley Point if Areva, which is supposed to supply two 1600 MW EPRs, suffers further financial setbacks and cannot support its role as the intended vendor. Separately, CGN told project managers for the UK Bradwell site that it has its own version of the Hualong One, the ACPR1000, and as a potential major equity stakeholder, wants to build it as a condition of the investment……….

Moving Inland from the Coast

Up to now China has been building its reactors at coastal sites. The reasons include the available seawater for cooling the units and the ability to deliver very large reactor components by barge.  However, the China National Energy Administration is now looking at inland sites again. Following the Fukushima earthquake, the agency suspended consideration of new construction starts away from coastal regions.

The main issue was consideration of adequate cooling water supplies in an emergency. At issue is a 100% fail safe supply of water in regions which may have some areas which may have inadequate freshwater resources even without the demand of a new power plant………http://theenergycollective.com/dan-yurman/2223861/chinese-nuclear-firms-compete-abroad-exports-and-market-share-home

May 6, 2015 - Posted by | China, marketing

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