【TheStateCouncildeclaredWednesdayitwouldrestartChina'snuclearpowerprogramendingthehiatus(中断)innuclearconstructionsinceJapan'sFukushimanucleardisasterlastyear.Chinahasbeenthemostcourageouscountryinbuildi】
TheStateCouncildeclaredWednesdayitwouldrestartChina'snuclearpowerprogramendingthehiatus(中断)innuclearconstructionsinceJapan'sFukushimanucleardisasterlastyear.
Chinahasbeenthemostcourageouscountryinbuildingnuclearpowerwiththelargestnumberofplantscurrentlyunderconstruction.Nuclearpowerisfacingatoughtimeindevelopedcountries.TheJapanesepublicisdemandingtheclosureofallthecountry'snuclearpowerplants.Chinaisattheforefrontofnuclearpowerdevelopment.Butithasbeenforcedintothisposition.
Rapideconomicdevelopmentcoupledwithimprovementsinpeople'slifebothdemandmoreelectricity.Itisimpossibletoexploitfossilresourcesforeverasthesupplyofcoaloilandnaturalgasislimited.Chinahasnochoicebuttodevelopnuclearpower.
Chinamustbethesafestuserofnuclearpower.Itshouldbecomealeadingcountryindevelopingnuclearpowertechnologiesandincreasingtheworld'sknowledgeofnuclearpower.
Itneedstodoatleasttwothings.FirstitneedstopromotesafetyinnuclearpowerplantsbasedonthetechnologiesoftheWest.TheformerSovietUniontheUSandJapanallhadseverenuclearaccidentsprovingtherearerisks.Chinashouldtrytoremovetheserisks.
SecondChinashouldestablisheffectivecommunicationmechanisms(机制)betweenthegovernmentpowerplantsandthepublic.It'swrongtothinkthegovernmentcancontroleveryaspectofnuclearpowerplantconstruction.
Theoppositiontonuclearpowerprogramindevelopedcountrieshaspreventedthemfrombuildingnewplantsbuttheyalreadyhavemany.Thesegovernmentsarereluctanttoclosetheseplantsdespitestrongoppositionbecausetheycannotfindbettersubstitutes.
Nuclearpoweronlyoccupies1.8percentofChina'scurrentelectricitygrid(输电网)muchlowerthantheproportioninmanydevelopedcountries.China'snuclearpowerplanshouldintroducetheadvantagesofthetechnologiesofothercountriesandalsobecreativeinprovidingsecurity.Itsspacetechnologyisnotthemostadvancedbutitslaunchsafetymeasureshaveproventobeamongthebest.
China'shigh-profilehigh-speedrailwaydevelopmenthasdrawnalotofcontroversyaswilltheactiveattitudetowardsdeve