Critical Thinking of Site Selection and Environmental Safety Issues for Inland Nuclear Power Plant in China
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Abstract
As the clean and green energy, nuclear power is the inevitable choice to develop the low-carbon economy, meanwhile the safe application of nuclear power should be paid attention to. From now on, China will have to consider both coastal sites and inland sites in site selection, and the nuclear power development program should conform to the overall national security, with the site selection coordinated with the natural ecology, urban planning and environment as well as prudence policy-making principle. The site safety is the precondition to assure the operational safety for nuclear power plants. With the reduction of site resources, the key issues in site selection is more and more complicated. As well as the natural conditions such as geology, hydrology, weather, water resource and so on, the distribution of population density, dispersion conditions of atmospheric and water, public participation, nuclear accident emergency response are also important factors for eligible sites which need further research. Therefore, the nuclear standard system of safety codes, safety guides and safety regulation should be continually improved with national conditions in China, which to ensure the safe reliability and economy in the whole process of site selction, design, construction, operation and decommission for nuclear power plants.
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