Chapter 440 Nuclear Power Concept
Chapter 440: Nuclear Power Concept
Going overseas to train? "Boss Zhu said curiously.
"Everyone in the country is worried about this thing. I can't find a place to conduct experiments in China, right?" Fan Wubing replied with a smile, "So I thought I should find a place overseas to build nuclear power. Project, accumulate technology, and when the technology matures, it will be transferred back to China for development.”
"Oh, that's it." Boss Zhu nodded, "But in that case, the investment will be huge and cost recovery will be difficult."
Fan Wubing said nonchalantly, "Cost recovery is easy. I not only want to build nuclear power plants overseas, but also build factories to generate electricity. I will never lose money."
Boss Zhu then said, "Well, I understand. Anyway, your business skills are very shrewd. If you lose anyone, you can't lose yourself. I'm sure of this."
Regarding this matter, I will make it clear to several others to save everyone from guessing. "
After the two of them ended the phone call, they felt relieved that they could finally do business.
Global nuclear energy has experienced five stages of development in the second half of the 20th century: exploration, expansion, leapfrog expansion, peak and trough. During the same period, China's nuclear power development lagged behind by about 20 years.
The 1950s were a period of exploration of global nuclear energy. In 1954, the former Soviet Union built the world's first nuclear power plant, the Obulinsk Nuclear Power Plant. Three years later, the United States built the Shiping Harbor Nuclear Power Station, the world's first commercial pressurized water reactor nuclear power plant, which was put into commercial operation. The United Kingdom and France also built several graphite gas-cooled reactor nuclear power plants in the 1950s.
In the 1960s, when global nuclear energy entered the exhibition period, major developed countries joined the ranks of nuclear energy exhibitions. A total of 63 nuclear power units were built and put into operation, of which 17 are in operation today. During this period, three nuclear power units were shut down.
In the 1970s, global nuclear energy achieved leapfrog development. More countries around the world are joining the ranks of nuclear energy exhibitions. A total of 158 nuclear power units have been completed and put into operation. One hundred and thirty-two of them are in operation to date.
In the 1900s, global nuclear energy entered its first phase, with 259 nuclear power units put into operation. Two hundred and twenty-three of them are still in operation today.
However. It was during the first period. Nuclear energy exhibitions have exposed serious safety and economic issues.
1979. Two serious accidents occurred at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (pressurized water reactor) in the United States and the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (now in Ukraine) (pressure tube reactor) in the former Soviet Union in 1986. This has caused a sharp decline in the momentum of global nuclear energy development. Twenty-six nuclear power units were shut down during this period. Almost all of the shut down nuclear power units have not reached or are far below their original design lifespan.
There are even units that have been completely built and have not yet been put into commercial operation, such as Germany's ThTR30 high-temperature gas-cooled reactor nuclear power plant, which was forcibly shut down. The Shoreham 800,000-kilowatt boiling water reactor nuclear power plant in the United States, etc.
Nineties. Global nuclear energy has entered a trough period of slow development. Throughout the 1990s, 52 nuclear power units were newly put into operation around the world and 39 nuclear power units were shut down during the same period. Almost all of the nuclear power plants that have been shut down have not reached or are far below their original design lifespan.
Speaking from the Nuclear Power Technology Exhibition. The technologies used in nuclear power plants built around the world in the 1950s and 1960s are basically collectively referred to as first-generation nuclear power technology. The technologies used in nuclear power plants built from the 1970s to the present are basically collectively referred to as second-generation nuclear power technology.
As early as the 1980s, in response to the problems of nuclear energy safety and economy that had begun to emerge at that time, major developing countries in nuclear energy, including the United States, began research on third-generation nuclear energy technology.
Although global nuclear energy entered a trough of slow development in the 1990s, these countries and corresponding nuclear power technology companies, on the one hand, adjusted the nuclear power industry on a large scale according to the market, and on the other hand, they still carried out extensive and in-depth research on third-generation nuclear energy technology. Nowadays, a number of third-generation advanced nuclear power plant designs have been formed, represented by Westinghouse France-Germany epRR, General Electric aBR in the United States, and Russia 00.
In fact, Fan Wubing is not very satisfied with the French epR technology. Not only is it expensive and the technology is not the most advanced, but the actual situation is here. The Americans' Westinghouse technology is naturally advanced, but they won't sell it to you!
But there is also a possibility here, that is, if China intends to purchase Westinghouse technology, it is completely impossible to achieve. After all, Sino-US relations are improving now, and the overall situation of the nuclear power industry is not good. Americans are not very good at transferring civilian nuclear power technology. , it’s not that we can’t talk about it.
The biggest problem is that the prospects for nuclear power technology in China are still not very clear at this time, and the enthusiasm for hydropower construction in the country is high. The Three Gorges Project has taken up most of the development funds. As for the north, a large number of coal-fired power plants are used. Small thermal power technology to solve energy problems.
In addition, there is another problem, that is, there is not much publicity about nuclear power in China. Many people think that this thing is scary and it is better not to build it. Even many people in the top management are inclined to this. There are only a few nuclear power plants under construction in the country. A nuclear power plant, not so much
To solve the energy problem, it is better to say that it is to solve the face problem.
Other countries have several nuclear power plants, so our country cannot live without a few to show off, right?
Under the guidance of this trend of thought, it is conceivable that the domestic nuclear power technology exhibition will not be too advanced. It can only be said that it is very backward. As for nuclear power technology with domestic independent intellectual property rights, it seems to be relatively far away now.
However, China also has some favorable conditions in developing nuclear power technology.
China's nuclear power development process lags behind the global nuclear power development process by about 20 years. China began to explore nuclear power in the 1970s, started in the 1980s, and entered a development period in the 1990s, which is at the bottom of the world's nuclear power development.
The global nuclear power development bottom and the 20-year-lag of China's nuclear power development process have given China's nuclear power a chance to stand at the same starting line as the global nuclear power. The valuable experience and lessons accumulated in the development of global nuclear power and China's nuclear power are valuable assets for the further development of global nuclear power and China's nuclear power in the new century.
On this basis, if the country can pay attention to this issue, it is not a daydream to develop China's own second-generation nuclear power technology and research third-generation and fourth-generation nuclear power technology.
For now, the country still hopes to exchange market for technology for nuclear power technology and plans to introduce Canada's heavy water reactor technology, which makes Fan Wubing feel incomprehensible. Since it is not a complete technology transfer and it is not a first-class technology, it is meaningless to spend so much money to introduce it.
Moreover, he also heard that the Russians were also selling their own technology. Although it was very advanced, the price was even higher. For China, it was a bloody price, and not all technology was transferred.
For this reason, Fan Wubing felt that he should do something to correct the wrong views of the top leaders, so he talked about cooperation with the French. On the one hand, it was to help the government lower the price in the nuclear power technology negotiations, and on the other hand, it was to strengthen the momentum of his group company and highlight the significance of international companies.
Of course, if the opportunity was really right, Fan Wubing would not mind deepening cooperation with the French, actually engaging in nuclear power technology cooperation, building nuclear power plants overseas, and training a group of nuclear power technical talents.
Although he did not have any nuclear power technical talents on hand, this was not a problem. It must be what they wanted to borrow a group of people from China. In addition, it was not a very troublesome thing to recruit a group of technical personnel from scratch. His company had favorable conditions and could not only recruit technical personnel from China, but also from various countries, which was very convenient.
Although the current attitude towards nuclear power plants in China is relatively repulsive, in the long run, the development of nuclear power is imperative.
Energy has become a constraint on the sustainable development of the national economy. Coal, as the main component of domestic energy, is not only the main source of environmental pollution, but its frequent catastrophic industrial accidents have become the focus of social attention. The transportation of more than one billion tons of coal is also the main factor in my country's transportation tension.
Although hydropower is environmentally friendly, its development requires a certain period of time. The ecological and environmental problems caused by its development have also begun to attract public attention, and its exploitable resources are also limited.
Other renewable energy sources such as wind energy and solar energy are difficult to form a scale in the short term. In this case, it is absolutely necessary to accelerate the development of the nuclear power industry. Independent design, independent construction, and independent operation of large-scale nuclear power plants are an important step that China must take.
Since the domestic mining, smelting, enrichment, and component manufacturing capabilities have begun to take shape, and nuclear power equipment manufacturing has also been developed accordingly, it is entirely possible to accelerate the development of the domestic nuclear power industry if we can cooperate with international third-generation nuclear power technology at this time.
The reason why Fan Wubing chose France as a partner was also considered.
In recent years, France's energy demand has grown slowly, with an average annual demand growth of about 1.5%. Therefore, France's nuclear power development is currently facing a dilemma. On the one hand, there is basically no demand for new nuclear power plants in the current and near-term electricity supply market. On the other hand, after 2015, most nuclear power plants will begin to reach the end of their service life, and the electricity supply market will begin to have a large gap. For this reason, there has also been a debate in France about France's nuclear power development. Either start a new nuclear power plant now, or don't start it for the time being and decide later.
But regardless of whether to start a nuclear power project now or not, research cannot be stopped. Cooperating with others to carry out a nuclear power plant project is a natural choice. It can both train troops and make money. Why not?
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