[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12769392[/url]
[quote]China has suspended approval for new nuclear power stations following the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant.
It will also carry out checks at existing reactors and those under construction.
China is currently building 27 new reactors - about 40% of the total number being built around the world.
The news comes as China grows increasingly worried about the nuclear accident in Japan.
'Top priority'
The decision to temporarily halt approval for nuclear plants came at a meeting of China's State Council, or Cabinet, chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao.
"We will temporarily suspend approval for nuclear power projects, including those that have already begun preliminary work, before nuclear safety regulations are approved," read a statement from the State Council.
"Safety is our top priority in developing nuclear power plants."
It went on to say that China's medium and long-term nuclear plans would be "adjusted and improved".
China currently gets only about 2% of its electricity from nuclear power from 13 reactors, but it has launched an ambitious project to drastically increase those figures.
It is currently building more reactors than any other country in the world.
According to the US-based Nuclear Energy Institute, China wants to build a total of 110 nuclear reactors over the next few years.
This is part of a plan to develop other energy sources - such as wind and solar power - to reduce the country's dependence on coal, which currently supplies about three-quarters of its energy needs.
China also recently announced that it had developed its own technology to reprocess spent nuclear fuel, which could be used to run these new power plants.
Yang Fuqiang, an energy and climate change expert, said the government's latest move showed it was being responsible.
"There are many nuclear power stations under construction at the moment - that's risky. We have to go back and check each one," he said.
"If there is an accident it will be worse than in Japan because many of the new plants are near high-population areas so we need to be careful."
China's State Council has assured people that the country will not be affected by the radioactive leaks.
But shoppers have been buying up vast quantities of salt in many parts of the country, partly in the belief that it could protect them against radiation.
Potassium iodide, a salt, protects the thyroid gland against radioactive iodine.
Some people also seem to believe future supplies of salt could be contaminated by radiation leaking from the Daiichi nuclear plant, so they are buying up stocks now.
"We need to dispel rumours. Don't let Japan's nuclear crisis become China's salt crisis," said on online commentator.
Pharmacies are also reporting massive demand for medicine that protects against radiation.[/quote]
Well someone's paranoid
I don't think so, they just want the best for their people in terms of safety........ nuclear safety.
So when is someone gonna be a dumbass and blame this whole nuclear thing on North Korea?
It's only logical to incorporate lessons learned from from Fukishima when they're in the process of construction. Doesn't look like they plan to axe nuclear altogether.
I don't know about you guys, but I have an inkling that North Korea is partly to blame for the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant crisis.
hay wait a second
Well I can't blame them after what happened in japan.
nuclear power is safe, the plants in japan were old. whats impressive is the plants that were up to date and not damaged at all by the tsunami, earthquake, and eruption.
40 year old plants failing by EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS stopping new plants being built well away from tectonic plates and oceans...
Derp.
[QUOTE=rieda1589;28649728]40 year old plants failing by EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS stopping new plants being built well away from tectonic plates and oceans...
Derp.[/QUOTE]
Because there are never an earthquakes in China :downs:
Honestly, if people keep freaking out about this stuff I think either the Japanese, or US government should make a replica soviet missle, with the NK flag. Tear the thing up so it looks like it blew up, then place fragments around Fukushima. Then people would stop thinking that reactors just blow up. Wait, no they wouldn't. Nevermind.
[QUOTE=caesium;28649343]It's only logical to incorporate lessons learned from from Fukishima when they're in the process of construction. Doesn't look like they plan to axe nuclear altogether.[/QUOTE]This. It's a perfectly logical thing to do, to see what can be learned from Fukushima and accounted for in new reactors.
[QUOTE=Half Kill;28649299]I don't think so, they just want the best for their people in terms of safety........ nuclear safety.[/QUOTE]
they have a billion fucking people over there, they NEED the power
[QUOTE=Half Kill;28649299]I don't think so, they just want the best for their people in terms of safety........ nuclear safety.[/QUOTE]
One look at China puts that theory to rest.
Well if there's one thing that I wouldn't want to trust under Chinese build quality it's nuclear power...
[QUOTE=ken188;28649756]Because there are never an earthquakes in China :downs:[/QUOTE]
There are never an earthquakes.
[QUOTE=ken188;28649756]Because there are never an earthquakes in China :downs:[/QUOTE]
Well not really since they aren't on a tectonic plate boundry.
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Well someone's paranoid[/QUOTE]
Paranoid? Hey man China faced a terrible Earthquake before. They are not taking chances as it is.
They should take influence of Finland's new reactor(s). They're designed to deal with a possible meltdown, hydrogen doesn't build up because it's reverted back to water, and they're designed to withstand an impact of a passenger plane. Olkiluoto 3 is also more powerful than any existing reactor.
[QUOTE=Best4bond;28649327]So when is someone gonna be a dumbass and blame this whole nuclear thing on North Korea?[/QUOTE]
Better yet, when will North Korea make their sudden appearance in the middle of this for some reason.
Well, I'd say it's a dumb thing to do for most of the countries, but mainland China suffers from earthquakes quite often.
There's gonna be another paranoia over nuclear power, like after the Chernobyl disaster
[QUOTE=caesium;28649343]It's only logical to incorporate lessons learned from from Fukishima when they're in the process of construction. Doesn't look like they plan to axe nuclear altogether.[/QUOTE]
But they already have the lessons incorporated in modern plants.
Modern nuclear power plants have emergency gravity powered pumps, whereas Fukishima had diesel pumps.
As was said, I don't blame them. Once the crisis is over, the chinese and nations worldwide will have the time to amend and change plans for reactors to make them safer, and then things will be back to normal.
how about they scrap it and move to fusion reactors
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