By Russell R. Chianelli
In the Energy Quarterly section of MRS Bulletin, Angela Saini reported on China’s plan to develop a huge nuclear industrial base.1 This plan includes the construction of at least 40 new plants over the next 10 years. Construction of these plants requires advanced materials for nuclear plants. These materials include stainless steel for reactor feed water, Ni superalloys for steam generator tubes, low–alloy steel for reactor vessels, and Zr cladding materials. Currently, China imports all of these materials, but plans call for developing their nuclear materials industry internally. These plans also include advanced materials research for better nuclear reactors and eventually fusion reactors.
- A. Saini, Q. Feng, “China’s nuclear resolve,” Energy Quarterly, MRS Bulletin, 37 (6), 554 (2012).
exponentially safer than rushing research and starting the construction of power plants built and designed strictly by china.
Posted by: north face outlet | October 18, 2012 at 05:21 AM
Nuclear energy seems to be beneficial for china especially due to its high demands of energy. The issue lies in the method in how china plans to build its nuclear power plants.
I believe that importing materials and knowledge from other countries (lets say france, us, japan) is exponentially safer than rushing research and starting the construction of power plants built and designed strictly by china.
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