Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
    Business
    Home / Business / Companies

    Nuclear energy providers powering on amid outbreak

    By CHEN MEILING | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-04-23 17:29
    Share
    Share - WeChat
    Employees of China National Nuclear Corp at work. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

    CNNC, top domestic supplier, at near full capacity

    China National Nuclear Corp will balance epidemic control measures with business operations to ensure full-year targets are met while technological innovation and safety will continue to be stressed, said a senior executive of the State-owned company.

    Currently, about 99.5 percent of production subsidiaries of CNNC have resumed operations despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to Gu Jun, general manager of the country's biggest nuclear power conglomerate in terms of production.

    The company's 21 nuclear power units generated more than 20 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity since Jan 20, thus helping meet energy output demand amid ongoing work to fight the contagion.

    In March, China Nuclear Power Engineering, a subsidiary of CNNC, completed a key test in a nuclear power unit using Hualong One technology — a domestically developed third-generation reactor design — in Fuqing, Fujian province, marking an important step in the development of the unit before fuel loading begins.

    China National Uranium Co, a mining branch of CNNC, reported a 28.5 percent year-on-year rise in first-quarter revenue, with profits up 7.54 percent.

    "During the crisis, the stability of society is more important than ever. Besides telecommunications, the daily supply of electricity and other utilities are also essential to battle the virus," said Raymond Wang, a partner at consultancy Roland Berger.

    In addition to guaranteeing business performance, CNNC is carrying out its social responsibilities. China Isotope & Radiation Corp, another subsidiary of CNNC, has been providing radiation sterilization services for products before use since Jan 27 and has disinfected about 1.2 million medical protective gowns, 280,000 surgical masks, 2.8 million medical latex gloves and 2,000 kilograms of traditional Chinese medicine.

    All 800,000 units of medical equipment sent to Wuhan, the hardest-hit city from the COVID-19 outbreak in China, were given free radiation sterilization services, said Wang Dingquan, deputy chief engineer of CIRC.

    He said it usually takes 7 to 14 days to sterilize using chemical methods, but radiation sterilization only takes a day, which significantly improves efficiency for areas with huge demand of such products.

    "Medical protective garments were not produced in a completely clean environment and bacteria or viruses may harm patients and doctors, so sterilization is necessary," Wang said. "The gowns were transported to our radiation station and were sterilized on conveyor belts before being handed over to materials coordination departments in sealed packages."

    He added that from February to March, the station sterilized up to 60,000 medical protective garments a day, free of charge. The monthly cost of such services to the company is about 1 million yuan ($141,000).

    Compared with traditional chemical sterilization, radiation sterilization is more efficient and environmentally friendly as it doesn't leave any chemical residues, Wang Naiyan, a nuclear physicist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told the magazine China Nuclear Industry. It can be used to kill cells that contain the virus, he said.

    Wuhan CNNC CIRC Clinical Laboratory received approval to carry out nucleic acid tests in late February, and has been able to test between 300 and 500 samples a day.

    "Some small and medium-sized hospitals are not qualified to do tests, so they send the samples to us," Wang said, adding the work is dangerous for technicians due to the risk of infection. "When everyone is running away from the virus, they get close to it."

    CNNC sent 47 medical workers to Hubei province, and donated more than 64 million yuan, 118,000 surgical masks and about 40 metric tons of alcohol-based disinfectants to the region. It also donated medical supplies valued at about 2.48 million yuan to its partners in 24 countries and regions, including Italy, Iran, Pakistan and France.

    The nuclear and radiation sector in China plays a role in fighting COVID-19 with nuclear fuel cycle facilities in safe operation, nuclear power in steady supply, major projects resuming operations and advanced technologies provided for sterilization, experts said.

    No nuclear power plant in the country has been shut down due to the impact of the contagion, thus helping guarantee normal electricity supply, said Tang Bo, director of the department of nuclear power safety supervision at the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, during a news conference on April 15.

    The country's 47 nuclear power units in operation meet all safety standards, while the quality of the 15 sites under construction is also ensured, said Guo Chengzhan, director of the ministry's department of nuclear facilities safety supervision, at the conference.

    Guo urged nuclear power companies to accelerate full resumption of operations with safety as the key principle, and encouraged the application of nuclear technologies in sterilization of medical protective equipment and testing.

    Wang, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said nuclear technology is closely related to people's everyday lives, including in areas of medical technology.

    Xinhua contributed to this story.

    Top
    BACK TO THE TOP
    English
    Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
    License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

    Registration Number: 130349
    FOLLOW US
    CLOSE
     
    国精品无码A区一区二区| 无码A级毛片免费视频内谢| 亚洲av无码片在线播放| 香蕉伊蕉伊中文视频在线| 人妻少妇乱子伦无码视频专区| 国产精品综合专区中文字幕免费播放| 99久久国产热无码精品免费久久久久| 久久亚洲AV成人无码| 日本中文字幕电影| 亚洲免费无码在线| 成人无码视频97免费| 亚洲AV无码第一区二区三区| 日韩人妻无码一区二区三区综合部| 亚洲精品中文字幕无码蜜桃| 久久久久无码专区亚洲av| 人妻中文字系列无码专区| 亚洲日韩精品一区二区三区无码 | 亚洲?V无码成人精品区日韩| 日日日日做夜夜夜夜无码| 久久精品中文字幕久久| 免费无码专区毛片高潮喷水| 波多野42部无码喷潮在线| 未满十八18禁止免费无码网站 | 中文字幕亚洲精品无码| 久久久久久久久久久久中文字幕 | 久久男人中文字幕资源站| 亚洲av综合avav中文| 天堂亚洲国产中文在线| 中文字幕无码av激情不卡久久| 亚洲AV永久无码天堂影院| 免费无码婬片aaa直播表情| 精品无码人妻一区二区三区不卡| 97免费人妻无码视频| 国产成人A人亚洲精品无码| r级无码视频在线观看| 国产成人亚洲综合无码精品| 国产乱子伦精品无码码专区| yy111111电影院少妇影院无码 | 亚洲精品无码不卡| 久久青青草原亚洲av无码| 日韩精品无码Av一区二区|