8. China leads in nuke capacity

With 24 nuclear power blocks under construction and a planned capacity of 25.4 gigawatts, China now has the world’s largest nuclear power capacity under construction, according to a December 26 report of the National Development and Reform Commission.

China recently started constructing the Taishan nuclear plant in Guangdong province, which is expected to be the world’s largest after completion. A total of 50.2 billion yuan ($7.35 billion) was invested in the first-phase project, whose unit capacity can amount to 1.75 million kilowatts.

According to China’s nuclear power plants long and mid-term development plan, the installed capacity is expected to reach 40 million kilowatts by 2020 generating 260 billion to 280 billion kilowatt hours of electricity each year, accounting for 4 percent to 6 percent of the country's total.

China now has 11 nuclear reactors in operation, with a total nuclear power installed capacity of 9.08 gW.

8、核發(fā)電能力居世界之首

國(guó)家發(fā)展與改革委員會(huì)2009年12月26日發(fā)布報(bào)告稱，目前中國(guó)共有24個(gè)在建核電站，計(jì)劃發(fā)電能力將達(dá)254億瓦特，在建核電產(chǎn)能居世界之首。

前不久，廣東臺(tái)山核電站開工，竣工后有望成為世界規(guī)模最大的核電站。一期工程共投資502億元（73.5億美元），單位發(fā)電量可達(dá)175萬千瓦。

據(jù)中國(guó)核電站中長(zhǎng)期發(fā)展規(guī)劃，中國(guó)的核電裝機(jī)容量有望于2020年達(dá)到4000萬千瓦時(shí)，年發(fā)電量將達(dá)2600億至2800億千瓦時(shí)之間，占全國(guó)發(fā)電總量的4%至6%。

目前中國(guó)共有11個(gè)正在運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)的核反應(yīng)堆，核電裝機(jī)容量達(dá)90.8億千瓦特。