Renewed nuclear power remains uncertain

Recently, the news that “the United States restarted nuclear power 34 years later” has caused heated discussions. On the first anniversary of the nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, the news is like a shot in the arm, making it appear that people in the industry who are optimistic about the development prospects of nuclear power are as if See the spring of the global nuclear power approaching.

However, besides optimistic expectations, many experts told reporters that the history of the development of nuclear power is accompanied by a gradual increase in the color of the people's livelihood. Especially after the nuclear island accident in Japan, the concerns of people's livelihood have even more impact on the prospects for the development of nuclear power. For China's nuclear power under the international nuclear power development environment, the contrast between the optimism of the gradual strengthening of policies and the calmness of the public has gradually surfaced. This can be seen from the recent dispute escalation triggered by the construction of Pengze Nuclear Power Station in Jiangxi Province.

On March 17 last year, the explosion of the nuclear accident in Fukushima in Japan made the development of nuclear power a common topic in the global community, as did many nuclear accidents in the past. According to Lin Boqiang, director of Xiamen University’s Energy Economic Research Center, from past experience, people’s concerns about the safety of nuclear power caused by the nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan took at least 5 to 10 years to complete fermentation, which also determines the last decade The international nuclear power development process still has many uncertainties because it involves the word “livelihood”.

“The Chernobyl of the former Soviet Union and the U.S. Sanri Island nuclear disaster each time raised people’s concerns about the safety of nuclear power to the top. Often, all technical explanations cannot eliminate this worry within a short time. Only the memory of the people gradually fades away. "Lin Boqiang said.

However, in the past decades, the enormous contribution of nuclear power to the energy consumption of various countries has made it difficult for professionals to dispel the expectation of sustained development of nuclear power. According to the statistics of the International Atomic Energy Agency, France’s nuclear power in 2009 accounted for 75.2% of the country’s total electricity generation, Slovakia nuclear power accounted for 53.5%, Belgium’s nuclear power accounted for 51.7%, Ukrainian nuclear power accounted for 48.6%, etc., letting these countries give up nuclear power means economic To be in a semi-stagnation state. Shen Wenquan, an expert from the State Nuclear Power Experts Committee, told reporters that it is necessary to abandon nuclear power and to dispose of scrapped nuclear power plants. It also requires the construction of other fuel power stations to replace nuclear power vacancies. This requires not only a lot of funds but also a long time.

Regarding the status quo of "half of the seawater and half of the flames," Lin Boqiang believes that in the current situation of energy shortage, all countries in the world want to accelerate the pace of nuclear power construction. However, the development of nuclear power in the world may be due to the disunity that all parties may face. The process is again full of "uncertainty."