This is a new trial video format. If you, like me, share an interest in nuclear energy, then you will surely like my other hobby - I like to find and view various nuclear objects on satellite images. But, of course, I am primarily interested in nuclear power plants.
For the first video, I chose one of the largest nuclear power plants in the world - the Chinese nuclear power plant Fuqing. To be precise, this is No. 6 on the list of the largest nuclear power plants in the world and No. 3 in China itself. There are six units with a total capacity of 6150 MW. This is more than any nuclear power plant in the US or Europe, and even more so in Russia. Even the largest nuclear power plant in Europe - the Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is now captured by Russia, and then a little smaller. Yes, I have a separate video about the Zaporizhzhia NPP, you can watch it at the link, it is now on the screen.
But the Fuqing nuclear power plant is remarkable not only for its size. It is interesting that at the end of 2021, the first Chinese reactor of the 3rd generation of its own design, the Hualong One power unit, was put into operation on it. Of course, it is based on the French and American designs of previous generations that were built in China. But China builds a lot and learns fast. Let me remind you that now China has the second largest nuclear fleet in the world, second only to the American one, almost all of which was built over the past 20 years. So, of course, the Chinese modern water-cooled reactor project was a matter of time.
In 21, the first Hualong One was launched, but since then five such units have been operating - three in China and two in Pakistan. And about a dozen more in China under construction.
Further details in the video.
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5 сен 2024
