China's Nuclear Power Production To Reach 70 GW By 2020
China's nuclear power production is expected to reach 70 GW by 2020, which is three quarters higher than an existing official target, an industry official said. Beijing is planning to have 40 GW of nuclear power generating capacity and wants 18 GW of capacity under construction by 2020. China has 11 reactors with a total of 9.07 GW of nuclear power capacity.
"If you add existing capacity and capacity already being planned, you get more than 60 GW," Pan Zhiqiang, director of science and technology at China National Nuclear Corporation. "Reaching 70 GW will not be a problem."
Zhang Guobao, China's energy chief, said China is still studying a revision of its official target of nuclear power capacity for 2020 despite widespread talk of a sharp rise due to an increasing need to curb pollution.
Pan said China had enough uranium for 40 GW of nuclear power plants.
"People say uranium is not very plentiful, but development (of uranium mines) is still not enough (for capacity of more than 40 GW)," Pan said.
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