China is not affected by France's reduction of nuclear power

A few days ago, French President Hollande reiterated his commitment made last year to reduce the share of nuclear power in power generation from the current 75% to 50% by 2025 and replace it by vigorously developing renewable energy. .

A reporter of the First Financial Daily, an expert on China’s nuclear power, who did not want to be named, said that France has world-leading nuclear power technologies and services. Once France reduces its use of nuclear power, its domestic companies must be affected when opening up the international nuclear power market.

However, an insider of the French Electric Power Group told the newspaper that the reduction in the proportion of nuclear power in France will not affect the French company's development in the international market, nor will it affect China's continued development of nuclear power.

As the largest nuclear power operator in China, China National Nuclear Power’s nuclear power technology mainly comes from France. However, the group did not show any signs of surprise. China is the most successful country in rapidly overcoming the phobia of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. The country is currently building more than 20 nuclear power units, and it is the country with the most nuclear power plants in the world.

"In the past, the development of nuclear power was more concerned with the provision of electricity. Now, the absence of greenhouse gas emissions from nuclear energy also highlights another major advantage of nuclear power." Zhang Guobao, former director of the National Energy Administration, claimed in a related meeting recently that in the fog Under the haze of trouble, more people will receive nuclear power. For China, where coal accounts for 67% of primary energy, increasing nuclear power is a realistic option. It does not have greenhouse gas emissions.

Zhang Guobao said that in the face of the rapid growth in energy consumption and the huge pressure on resources and the environment, China's "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" has formulated a policy of "efficiently developing nuclear power based on ensuring safety." He also said that the vigorous development of nuclear power not only contributes to environmental protection, but also is an opportunity for China to catch up with the world’s nuclear power and nuclear power.

Zhang Guobao also said that in the past two years, Qinshan Phase II, Hongyanhe, Ningde and other nuclear power units have been put into commercial operation one after another, and new projects have also started to be approved for release. He pointed out that the benchmark price for on-grid coal in Guangdong is 0.48 yuan/kWh, while the on-grid tariff for nuclear power is 0.43 yuan/kWh, which is already the most competitive power price next to hydropower.

The above-mentioned nuclear power expert, who declined to be named, said that China needs to develop nuclear power, but the speed is a bit too fast. He said that interests have prompted some people to see only the good of nuclear power.

Unlike China, France no longer competes for nuclear power. At the same time last year, the French Presidential Office issued a press statement saying that President Hollande recently convened a meeting of the Nuclear Policy Committee. The meeting confirmed that by 2025, the ratio of nuclear power generation to total electricity generation in the entire Act will be reduced from the current 75% to 50 percent. %.

The communique said that the French government will completely shut down the two nuclear reactors of the Fessner nuclear power plant by the end of 2016. The Nuclear Policy Committee meeting confirmed that the pressurized water reactor built in Flandersville, Normandy, will be the only reactor in France that will be put into production in the next five years.

The insider of the above-mentioned French Electric Power Group once told this newspaper that with the continuous growth of new energy sources such as wind power and optoelectronics, it is difficult for nuclear power to find new growth points in the new energy structure of France.

Since the 1970s, France has been regarded as one of the most successful countries in the world in the use of nuclear power. At present, the country’s 58 nuclear reactors are in operation and provide France with up to 75% of electricity.

During the entire election last year, Hollande called for the closure of these nuclear reactors. At that time, some analysts pointed out that Sarkozy's defeat was a major blow to the development of nuclear power in Europe. Hollande made it clear that its nuclear power development goal is the opposite of Sarkozy.

However, France will certainly pay a heavy price for this plan. A study from the French Electricity Union shows that if the proportion of nuclear power is reduced from the current 75% to 50%, the French government will spend at least 43,84 billion euros to invest in the construction of power generation facilities to protect civilian use.