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Ground broken on China's first national nuclear industrial park
Staff Reporter
2015-08-27
CNNC's company logo. (File photo/CFP)
Construction of what is claimed to be China's first national nuclear industrial park has begun quietly in the northwestern province of Gansu, which is expected to focus on the processing of spent fuel, according to Shanghai's National Business Daily.
According to the website of Gansu's industrial authorities, the province and China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) held a ceremony to break ground on the industrial park on July 2, which is claimed to be the first of such national projects for the nuclear industry.
The provincial government did not disclose the amount of investment in and location of the industrial park, but the paper's reporters found the site on its own in Jiuquan city, Jinta county. Only a gate, temporary buildings, a steel tower, an unfinished water pipeline and scattered construction equipment were found on the site located deep in the Gobi Desert, the paper said.
Two companies under the CNNC subsidiary, China Nuclear Fuel, have been linked to the industrial park and led to speculation about the park's focus on processing spent fuel, according to the newspaper.
The two companies are CNNC Longrui, which is handling the construction of a water supply system of the industrial park and CNNC's 404 unit, which runs the country's largest nuclear industry production and research facility in Jiayuguan city next to Jiuquan, the report noted.
The website of Lanzhou University in Gansu's provincial capital showed that CNNC Longrui has undertaken the country's first pilot project to process spent fuel on an industrial scale, while 404's own website said one of targets set for this year is to trail run a processing facility to extract uranium from spent fuel, the report pointed out.
A 404 official surnamed Wang confirmed that the company and CNNC Longrui are both involved in the processing of spent fuel, but declined a request for an interview.
The industrial park is expected to drive Gansu's economy, not only from the business generated by the spent fuel processing, but also from the construction of the park, which will be sourced locally under an agreement between CNNC and Gansu, the paper said.
However, concerns over the planned operations involving nuclear waste have led to CNNC's public relation campaigns that highlight the difference between nuclear waste and spent fuel, the report added.
Ground broken on China's first national nuclear industrial park|WCT
Ground broken on China's first national nuclear industrial park
Staff Reporter
2015-08-27
CNNC's company logo. (File photo/CFP)
Construction of what is claimed to be China's first national nuclear industrial park has begun quietly in the northwestern province of Gansu, which is expected to focus on the processing of spent fuel, according to Shanghai's National Business Daily.
According to the website of Gansu's industrial authorities, the province and China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) held a ceremony to break ground on the industrial park on July 2, which is claimed to be the first of such national projects for the nuclear industry.
The provincial government did not disclose the amount of investment in and location of the industrial park, but the paper's reporters found the site on its own in Jiuquan city, Jinta county. Only a gate, temporary buildings, a steel tower, an unfinished water pipeline and scattered construction equipment were found on the site located deep in the Gobi Desert, the paper said.
Two companies under the CNNC subsidiary, China Nuclear Fuel, have been linked to the industrial park and led to speculation about the park's focus on processing spent fuel, according to the newspaper.
The two companies are CNNC Longrui, which is handling the construction of a water supply system of the industrial park and CNNC's 404 unit, which runs the country's largest nuclear industry production and research facility in Jiayuguan city next to Jiuquan, the report noted.
The website of Lanzhou University in Gansu's provincial capital showed that CNNC Longrui has undertaken the country's first pilot project to process spent fuel on an industrial scale, while 404's own website said one of targets set for this year is to trail run a processing facility to extract uranium from spent fuel, the report pointed out.
A 404 official surnamed Wang confirmed that the company and CNNC Longrui are both involved in the processing of spent fuel, but declined a request for an interview.
The industrial park is expected to drive Gansu's economy, not only from the business generated by the spent fuel processing, but also from the construction of the park, which will be sourced locally under an agreement between CNNC and Gansu, the paper said.
However, concerns over the planned operations involving nuclear waste have led to CNNC's public relation campaigns that highlight the difference between nuclear waste and spent fuel, the report added.
Ground broken on China's first national nuclear industrial park|WCT