China suspends nuclear building plans

[Bluebear]

China has suspended approval for new nuclear power stations following the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant.

It will also carry out checks at existing reactors and those under construction.

China is currently building 27 new reactors - about 40% of the total number being built around the world.

The news comes as China grows increasingly worried about the nuclear accident in Japan..."We will temporarily suspend approval for nuclear power projects, including those that have already begun preliminary work, before nuclear safety regulations are approved," read a statement from the State Council. "Safety is our top priority in developing nuclear power plants."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12769392

[Lucinda]

1. And I think Germany is doing something similar

Caution - it's a good thing.

[cutlassmama]

2. I think Germany has the most plants in the world, don't they?

[Lucinda]

3. I had to look it up...if this is correct (wiki) we have the most - followed by France

then Japan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_by_country

[Gravel Democrat]

4. Germany has done something spectacular

few seem to care

It's not like Germany is known for its sunshine after all



Waldpolenz Solar Park, which is the world’s largest thin-film photovoltaic (PV) power system, was built by German developer and operator Juwi at a former military air base to the east of Leipzig in Germany. The power plant is a 40 MW solar power system using state-of-the-art thin film technology, and was fully operational by the end of 2008.<1> 550,000 First Solar thin-film modules from cadmium telluride (CdTe) are being used, which supply about 40,000 MWh of electricity per year.<2>

Germany is one of the world's top photovoltaics (PV) installers, with a solar PV capacity as of 2010 of almost 17 gigawatts (GW).<1> In 2009, Germany had 9.8 GW which generated 6,578 gigawatt-hours (GW·h) of electricity — an average power of 710 MW.<2> Solar power now meets about 2 percent of Germany's electricity demand, a share that some market analysts expect could reach 25 percent by 2050.<3>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_Germany

Why does our media ignore this?

Why do so many on this forum ignore this?

These are million dollar questons

[Statistical]

6. 2% from solar 70% from fossil fuels and imports nuclear energy from France.

Yeah that is a great model.

It "could" reach 25% Solar by 2050. 4 more decades of massive fossil fuel consumption.

Somehow that is amazing?

On the other hand France gets 80% of its electricity from nuclear, even exports it to other nations (like Germany) and it doing it today yet that isn't amazing.

Little bit of solar + insane amounts of fossil fuels. If that is the future we are fucked.

[kristopher]

7. China suspends nuclear building plans

U :cry: no???

[Rex]

5. Um...kinda late to the party.

OH well, China is smarter.