How Much Tungsten Does it Take to Export a Nuclear Power Plant?

According to People's Daily, the construction of Phase II of Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Project is in full swing recently. As a reference power station for China's Hualong 1 demonstration project and Bradwell B nuclear power project in the UK, Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Phase II has attracted worldwide attention. Because 10,000 miles away in London, the UK Nuclear Regulatory Office and the UK Environment Agency have formally sent letters agreeing that the UK General Design Review (GDA) of Hualong I will enter the second stage, and that Hualong I will take another important step towards the formal start of construction in the UK.

Hualong No. 1 is the top priority of China's nuclear power industry, and in a sense, it is also the top priority for China's nuclear power industry to go out. Hualong No. 1 is the result of China's independent innovation, integrated innovation and mechanism innovation. Based on more than 30 years'experience in nuclear power research, design, manufacture, construction and operation, China has invested a lot of energy, fully drawing on the advanced ideas of three generations of international nuclear power technology, learning from the experience feedback of Fukushima nuclear accident, and adopting the three generations of nuclear power technology developed and designed by the highest international safety standards.

"Exporting a Hualong No. 1 nuclear power plant is equivalent to exporting 200 large commercial airliners, which is very important to drive 5400 enterprises of equipment manufacturing industry to go out and enhance the influence of Made in China and Made in China. The United Kingdom, an old nuclear power country, will become an important symbol for China's industry to move towards the middle and high end of the global value chain and cultivate some world-class advanced manufacturing clusters. He Yu, chairman of China Guangzhou Nuclear Corporation, said.

So how much tungsten does it take to build a nuclear power plant? Tungsten is a kind of metal with high melting point, high density, high wear resistance, high corrosion resistance candle and high mechanical strength. Its physical and chemical properties are very stable. In the construction of nuclear power plant, tungsten is also one of the important raw materials of nuclear reactor. It can be used in the protective cover of nuclear reactor, reactor container, sealed valve of reactor, welding of reactor components and disposal of nuclear waste. Conservatively, a nuclear reactor requires at least 50 tons of tungsten.

China currently has 19 new nuclear power plants under construction, and more than ten countries have shown strong interest in Hualong No.1. China Guangdong nuclear power will speed up the layout of the international market by focusing on East Asia, Southeast Asia, Western Asia and Africa.

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