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China to expand use of nuclear power
(AP)
Updated: 2006-02-21 21:19

China's reliance on nuclear energy is bound to grow, with new atomic power plants likely even in inland areas, industry experts said Tuesday, stressing Beijing's keenness to develop competitive technologies of its own.

China has announced plans to add 40 new nuclear generators by 2020, raising the share of electricity generated by atomic power to 6 percent of the total from the current 2 percent.

The aim is to reduce reliance on heavily polluting coal, which is used to generate two-thirds of China's electricity. Most of the nuclear facilities planned so far are expansions of existing facilities or new projects in eastern and southern coastal areas, where coal is relatively expensive.

But northern and inland provinces are also eager to develop nuclear power, Shen Wenquan, deputy chief of the science and technology committee of China National Nuclear Power Corp., told a conference in Shanghai.

"Nuclear power development is a must for China, especially in coastal areas," Shen said.

"In the hinterland, Sichuan has also proposed a project and we have rendered our full support to that," he added. "I think there will be a necessary transition of plants from the coasts to the inland areas of China."

Possible projects have been announced for Fujian, in the southeast, and Shandong, to the north of Shanghai. In the northeastern province of Liaoning, planners expect to build up to six nuclear generators, Shen said.
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