Preface

The world again is bullish on the nuclear power generation, the public begin to talk about it with great relish, and fashionable flagship magazines even put nuclear power on the list of top ten coolest things 2006. At present, the oil price soars all the way, and environmental pollution of the earth caused by such conventional energy sources as oil and coal endangers the health of humankind. To resist the global warming, many countries in the world including the United States are positively rethinking nuclear power generation strategies. In China, high economic growth in recent years results in an increased demand for energy resources.

In China, over 80% of gross power generation comes from thermal power generation, and the situation in which the focus is on coal for the country’s thermal power construction is determined by existing conditions of its resources. Taking into account the capability of transporting coal produced in northwester China to coastal areas with centralized demand for coal, as well as the severe environmental pollution arising from thermal power generation, the National People’s Congress 2006 officially defined through the 11th Five-

year Plan for National Economic and Social Development that nuclear power will be positively developed, and planned to reach 40 million kilowatts of the total capacity of nuclear power stations by 2020, which accounts for 4% of the total installed capacity. In other words, the future 15 years will be the peak of China’s nuclear power construction and investment, during which 25-30 nuclear power stations will be built, 2 nuclear power units at mega-kilowatt level each year.

According to the program of China with regard to positive development of nuclear power, as well as its policies about accelerating the industrialization of civil non-power nuclear technologies, China International Nuclear Power Industry Expo 2009 sponsored byours will be held on Sep 2-4,2009 in China International Exhibition Center, Beijing.

By then, China will see an upsurge of unprecedented development in civil nuclear technology. Advanced technologies and products of each country will have a broad market prospect in China. Let us work hand in hand to promote common development of China and the world and share fruitful results from the development.

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