Jin Ruoshi: The next ten years will be a key period for nuclear power development
Source: www.mlr.gov.cn Citation:www.chinamining.com.cn Date: Oct. 28, 2014
During the “Geological Prospecting, Scientific and Technical Innovation “forum of CHINAMINING 2014, Mr. Jin Ruoshi, Director of Tianjin Center of China Geological Survey said that the next ten years will be an important period for nuclear power development and the structure of the world energy and resources will undergo great changes. But, in general, there is a lack of uranium resources in China. Considering that nuclear power will play a major role in the future development, China is facing a severe challenge from the guarantee of the nuclear power.
Mr. Jin Ruoshi said that the developed countries’ nuclear power accounts for more than 20% of their national power structure, such as France over 76%. In 2020, the U.S., Japan and France will have another round of investment in nuclear power. However, with structural differences, China’s nuclear power proportion is under 2%. Therefore, China has great potential to develop nuclear power. Technologically, at present, China mainly generates nuclear energy power by water reactors. In 2025, India will have five fast reactors to come into use. Although China has made progress in the fast reactor technology, in short terms, the cost is still a major problem.
Mr. Jin Ruoshi said, at present, China has discovered some uranium deposits in the Kunlun Mountains, the Qinling Mountains, and the basin of the Dabie Mountains. Besides, some new deposits have been found in newly-chosen exploration areas, which changes our view on the previous geological regulations. The discovery of the sandstone-type uranium deposit in the Ordos Basin makes China rocket to the ranks of countries with large uranium resources. Jin also said that the large- scale fluid process of the large basin and the large sandstone can direct the prospecting of large deposits. Therefore, if we want to make breakthrough, we need to focus on the Junggar Basin, Tarim> Basin, Ordos Basin and the Songliao Basin and implement the work systematically. For the next step, research work need to be done in the aspect of the basin’s sedimentary and wet sequence, the sedimentary facies series and the mineralization process including the function of ore fluid and time, space and material composition as well as the physio-chemical conditions. (reported by Liu Xiaohu) (translated by TLRHVC)
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