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Administration and National Nuclear Safety
Bureau, attended the state council meeting
at which the development of the nuclear
industry in the country was discussed,
according to four sources who “asked not to
be named because they were not authorised to
speak to the press”.
The five reactors approved include four
regular nuclear units - number 7 and number
8 at Tianwan nuclear power plant in eastern
Jiangsu province, and number 3 and number
4 in Xudabao in northeastern Liaoning
NUCLEAR plan’s transparency. province. All four will use Russian-made
Kerry arrived in Seoul on Saturday to VVER-1200 technology and have individual
South Korea objects to discuss international efforts to tackle global capacity of 1,200 MWe, two of the sources
said. The fifth reactor is a small, 125MWe
warming on a trip that included a stop in
US support for Japan’s China ahead of President Joe Biden’s virtual modular reactor (SMR) demonstration project
summit with world leaders on climate change
at Changjiang NPP in Hainan province. For
Fukushima plans on April 22-23. this, CNNC will use its domestically designed
South Korean Foreign Minister Chung
ACP100 technology.
South Korea has raised concerns over Japan’s Eui-yong sought to rally support behind the Construction of three of the five units,
decision to release contaminated water from country’s protest against the Fukushima plan the SMR and one each from Tianwan and
its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into at a dinner meeting with Kerry, the ministry Xudabao, is expected to start later this year
the sea with visiting US climate envoy John said. Under the plan, more than 1mn tonnes and is scheduled for completion in 2026, one
Kerry, its foreign ministry said, but Kerry of water will be discharged from the plant official said. “They are moving ahead as earlier
reaffirmed Washington’s confidence in the wrecked by an earthquake and tsunami in scheduled,” the official said, adding that means
plan’s transparency, Reuters reported. 2011 into the nearby sea off Japan’s east coast. China has re-established its normal pace in
Kerry arrived in Seoul to discuss Seoul strongly rebuked the decision, with advancing new projects.
international efforts to tackle global warming the foreign ministry summoning the Japanese
on a trip that included a stop in China ahead ambassador and President Moon Jae-in WWIND
of President Joe Biden’s virtual summit with ordering officials to explore petitioning an
world leaders on climate change on April international court. Japan proposes grid
22-23. South Korean Foreign Minister Chung “Minister Chung conveyed our
Eui-yong sought to rally support behind the government and people’s serious concerns expansion for offshore
country’s protest against the Fukushima plan about Japan’s decision, and asked the U.S.
at a dinner meeting with Kerry, the ministry side to take interest and cooperate so that power push
said. Under the plan, more than 1mn tonnes Japan will provide information in a more
of water will be discharged from the plant transparent and speedy manner,” the ministry Japan’s industry ministry has proposed a
wrecked by an earthquake and tsunami in said in a statement. plan to boost Japan’s interregional power
2011 into the nearby sea off Japan’s east coast. grid capacity as part of efforts to expand
Seoul strongly rebuked the decision, with NUCLEAR offshore wind power generation in line with
the foreign ministry summoning the Japanese the government goal of achieving carbon
ambassador and President Moon Jae-in China formally approves neutrality by 2050, Jiji Press reported.
ordering officials to explore petitioning an Currently, the electricity transmission
international court. five new nuclear units capacity between the northernmost island of
“Minister Chung conveyed our Hokkaido and the Tohoku northeastern and
government and people’s serious concerns China’s state council has approved the Kanto eastern regions, both in the Honshu
about Japan’s decision, and asked the U.S. construction of five nuclear power units, with main island, stands at about 900 MW.
side to take interest and cooperate so that total installed capacity of 4.9 GWe, roughly A plan will be considered to ramp up the
Japan will provide information in a more 10% of the country’s total, Reuters reported capacity by 8,000-12,000MW, in order to
transparent and speedy manner,” the ministry on 15 April citing “sources familiar with the carry more electricity from Hokkaido, which
said in a statement. matter”. China needs to accelerate nuclear has a large potential of offshore wind farms,
But Kerry, at a media roundtable on development to achieve its pledge to become to Tokyo and nearby areas in Kanto, where
Sunday, said Tokyo had made the decision “carbon neutral” by 2060. “Nuclear power is a power demand is high.
in a transparent manner and will continue ‘have to do’ choice if China aims to achieve the For that purpose, the ministry plans to lay
following due procedures. targets of bringing carbon emission by 2030 undersea power cables in both the Pacific and
South Korea raised concerns over Japan’s and reaching carbon neutrality by 2060,” an the Sea of Japan to connect Hokkaido, Tohoku
decision to release contaminated water from official from the Nuclear Safety Bureau said. and Kanto.
its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into The five nuclear projects will be The plan, shown at a meeting of experts on
the sea with visiting U.S. climate envoy John developed by China National Nuclear Corp Tuesday, came after the government set a goal
Kerry, its foreign ministry said, but Kerry (CNNC), one of the sources said. Officials, of boosting Japan’s offshore wind generation
reaffirmed Washington’s confidence in the including those from the National Energy capacity to up to 45,000 MW by 2040.

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