China faces a growing trend to develop nuclear energy

时间：2007-09-11 09:01:26

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Chinanews, Wuhan, Sept 11 – Nuclear energy is a clean energy. China might improve its energy structure by promoting the use of nuclear energy, said experts and scholars who attended a forum1 on nuclear energy exploitation and construction held in Wuhan on Sunday.

 

As China has further developed its economy in recent years, how to solve the environmental pollution problem has become a serious issue. At present, China is implementing2 a strategy that aims at conserving3 energy and reducing emissions4. The Chinese government requires that by 2010, all the 12 provinces and regions which witness a fast economic growth should reduce their chemical oxygen demand and the emission5 of sulfur6 dioxide. For cities unable to meet related standards, the central government will stop them from developing new projects. In addition, the Chinese government will also raise the threshold of thermal7 power plants, said Pan Ziqiang, an expert on nuclear radiation prevention and an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

 

China has also reached its full capacity of exploiting hydropower resources. China is developing the Three Gorges8 project along the Yangtze River. In Hunan, a province with rich water resources, it is said that 80% of the water resources there have been exploited. However, with regard to nuclear materials, related exploitation work has just begun. Experts predict that China has 1.7 million tons of uranium deposit, a key material for developing nuclear energy. In China, large uranium mines that have over 10,000 tons of uranium resources each have also been found, Pan said.

 

Compared with traditional energy resources, such as coal and water, nuclear resources cause very small environmental pollution. The emission released by nuclear material is only 1% of that of coal. Its production cost is also a little bit less than that of coal and water, Pan said.

 

While thermal power has caused heavy pollution and the hydropower exploitation has reached its full capacity, China has to change its energy structure by developing more nuclear power projects if the country wants to further develop its economy, Pan noted9.

 

His points are echoed by Yang Qi, chairman of the Sichuan Provincial10 Nuclear Association. He said that four one-million-kilowatt11 nuclear power sets could generate power equal to a thermal power plant with six million kilowatt generation capacity. According to him, if the thermal power plant is replaced by the nuclear power plant, about 18 million tons of coal resources can be reserved and 30,000 tons of sulphur dioxide will be reduced in the atmosphere. Nuclear energy, as well as coal and oil, have been ranked as three major energy resources in the world. Nuclear power plants are highly effective in energy production and the energy they make is clean, safe and economical. In many developed countries, nuclear energy has been exploited in a far greater extent than in China. Developing nuclear energy will become an inevitable12 trend in China, Yang said.

 
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1 forum cilx0     
n.论坛，讨论会
参考例句：
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
2 implementing be68540dfa000a0fb38be40d32259215     
v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效
参考例句：
  • -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
  • He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句
3 conserving b57084daff81d3ab06526e08a5a6ecc3     
v.保护，保藏，保存( conserve的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • Contour planning with or without terracing is effective in conserving both soil and moisture. 顺等高线栽植，无论做或不做梯田对于保持水土都能有效。 来自辞典例句
  • Economic savings, consistent with a conserving society and the public philosophy. 经济节约，符合创建节约型社会的公共理念。 来自互联网
4 emissions 1a87f8769eb755734e056efecb5e2da9     
排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）
参考例句：
  • Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
  • Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
5 emission vjnz4     
n.发出物，散发物；发出，散发
参考例句：
  • Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施，降低污染物排放总量。
  • Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后，指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。
6 sulfur ps4wC     
n.硫，硫磺（=sulphur）
参考例句：
  • Sulfur emissions from steel mills become acid rain.炼钢厂排放出的硫形成了酸雨。
  • Burning may produce sulfur oxides.燃烧可能会产生硫氧化物。
7 thermal 8Guyc     
adj.热的，由热造成的；保暖的
参考例句：
  • They will build another thermal power station.他们要另外建一座热能发电站。
  • Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
8 gorges 5cde0ae7c1a8aab9d4231408f62e6d4d     
n.山峡，峡谷( gorge的名词复数 )；咽喉v.（用食物把自己）塞饱，填饱( gorge的第三人称单数 )；作呕
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  • The explorers were confronted with gorges(that were)almost impassable and rivers(that were)often unfordable. 探险人员面临着几乎是无路可通的峡谷和常常是无法渡过的河流。 来自辞典例句
  • We visited the Yangtse Gorges last summer. 去年夏天我们游历了长江三峡。 来自辞典例句
9 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的，知名的
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  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
10 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
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  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
11 kilowatt r2Axv     
n.千瓦
参考例句：
  • They pay thirty fen per kilowatt hour.他们每度电付三角钱。
  • The watt is a small unit of power so that we use the kilowatt instead.瓦特是小功率的单位，因此我们用千瓦代之。
12 inevitable 5xcyq     
adj.不可避免的，必然发生的
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  • Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
  • The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

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