2016年CRI US energy experts notes China's progress in nuclear energy

 

John Hofmeister, founder¹ and CEO of Citizens for Affordable² Energy, suggests the world should be looking toward China when developing energy development plans.

"When it comes to energy, there is no nation on earth that has an energy plan that is homogenous³, that is ubiquitous, that is forward-looking, that builds upon the past, that has the imagination of the future, that has the governance to make it possible and to make it happen, as China has."

The comments follow the release of an annual energy report by the China Energy Fund Committee.

The report outlines the latest developments and goals in China's nuclear energy sector⁴.

Its Energy Development Strategic Action Plan suggests nuclear power production in China will be hit close to 60 Gigawatts by 2020.

At the same time, the amount of nuclear power production currently under construction will see that figure later increase by over 50-percent.

China has been one of the countries leading a renewed charge in nuclear energy production following the 2013 Fukushima meltdown in Japan, which sent nuclear power production plummeting⁵.

Professor Huang Xiaoyong, head of the International Energy Security Research Center with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, says resurgence⁶ in nuclear power development will also provide an opportunity for China's nuclear power producers.

"As the world warms up again to nuclear power, competition is growing in the industry. The active players are not limited to nuclear power veterans such as France, Japan and the USA, but late arrivals such as China and South Korea are also trying to grab market share."

A Chinese nuclear power plant producer has already inked a deal with a French firm to build a nuclear power plant in the UK.

Other international deals are also said to be in the pipeline⁷ at the moment, particularly in Africa.

Professor Huang Xiaoyong says more nuclear power plants are also expected to be popping up more and more in China in the coming years.

"In 2015 China publicized its goal in cutting emissions⁸, pledging to peak its carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, if not earlier. By then, China expects to lower its emissions per unit of GDP by 60-65%. To achieve that challenging goal requires further improvement of China's energy structure, and that includes the promotion⁹ of clean energy such as nuclear energy."

The Chinese government has been pushing to eliminate coal-fired, heavily-polluting energy production plants in recent years.

Coal-fired power plants are one of the chief culprits behind China's notorious air pollution problems.

1 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

2 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

3 homogenous   

adj.同类的，同质的，纯系的

参考例句：

• Japan is a wealthy,homogenous,developed nation with a stable political system.日本是一个富裕的同质型发达国家，政治体制稳定。
• My family is very homogenous and happy.我们这个家庭很和睦很幸福。

4 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

5 plummeting   

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Prices are rising, falling, going up, going down, shooting up, plummeting, etc. 物价在上涨、下跌、上升、下落、猛然上涨、骤然下跌等。 来自辞典例句
• The enemy plane went plummeting into the sea. 敌机直直掉进海里。 来自辞典例句

6 resurgence   

n.再起，复活，再现

参考例句：

• A resurgence of his grief swept over Nim.悲痛又涌上了尼姆的心头。
• Police say drugs traffickers are behind the resurgence of violence.警方说毒贩是暴力活动重新抬头的罪魁祸首。

7 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

8 emissions   

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。

9 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。