[April19DongfangShinpo]According to data released by the China Nuclear Energy Association on the 15th, China is constructing 26 nuclear power facilities as of the end of 2023. The total capacity is said to be 30.3 million kilowatts.

Construction of five new nuclear power plants began in China last year, with a total investment of 94.9 billion yuan (approximately 2.248 trillion yen), the highest figure in the past five years.

A total of 55 commercial nuclear power plants continued to operate safely in China last year. Their planned installed capacity has reached 57.03 million kilowatts.

The annual average operating time of nuclear power generation facilities was 7,661 hours, and nuclear power generation amount was 433.4 billion kilowatts per hour, ranking second in the world. China’s nuclear power generation accounted for 4.86 percent of the country’s cumulative power generation and was able to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 340 million tons.

Last year, China received a perfect score for a total of 33 power generation units, the most in the world, in the comprehensive evaluation index of the World Association of Nuclear Operators, an international organization made up of nuclear operators from around the world. . The average overall index was also rated among the highest in the world.

This shows that the safety and reliability of nuclear power generation in China is extremely high, and can be said to show that the level of nuclear power plants in China is extremely high. (c)Touhou Shimpo/AFPBB News