Seminar on Fundamentals of
Nuclear Power Generation and its application at Daya Bay
Date, Time & Venue
12 January 2018 (Friday); 6:30pm; James
Chiu & Dragages Rooms, the HKIE Headquarters, 9/F Island Beverley, No 1
Great George Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
Programme Highlights
Global warming is considered as
one of the major threats affecting the survival of all living organism on
Earth. In November 2015, all countries
agreed to limit global temperature increase well below 2 degrees Celsius, while
urging efforts to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees under the COP 21. Paris Agreement is the direction to combat
against global warming, various initiatives are adopted worldwide to overcome
this challenge. Use of clean energy is
one of the major initiatives promoted by different countries and nuclear energy
has a major role to play in achieving the mission. As of 2014, around 11% of the electricity
produced worldwide came from nuclear which established a substantial position
in the world energy portfolio. This
seminar aims to share with members on the theory of nuclear energy generation,
the safety consideration, and the application and experience at Daya Bay
Nuclear Power Station.
Speaker
Ir Chi-sing LEE, who is currently the
first Deputy General Manager of Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station, an experienced
and professional expert in the field of nuclear power operations and
management.
Registration and Enquiry
The
seminar is free of charge and prior registration is required. The number of participants will be limited to
80 and applicants will be served on a first-come-first-serve basis. Priority
will be given to the members of Nuclear Division. For registration, please
complete and return the Standard Reply Form to Ir Daniel Fong via Email: nuclear@ne.hkie.org.hk
by 1 December 2017. Successful applicants will be notified by email. For
enquiries, please contact Ir Daniel Fong at nuclear@ne.hkie.org.hk.
Disclaimer
All information and views expressed by
speakers and in their conference materials do not reflect the official opinion
and position of HKIE. No responsibility is accepted by the HKIE or their
publisher for such information and views including their accuracy, correctness
and veracity.
Report
Seminar on
"Fundamentals of Nuclear Power Generation and its application at Daya Bay”
Prepared by lr Ken C N
CHEUNG and Ms Annie W C KOU
A technical seminar was
organized by the Nuclear Division on the “Fundamentals of Nuclear Power
Generation and its application at Daya Bay” on 12 January 2017 at the HKIE
Headquarters. The seminar was presented to over 70 participants by Ir LEE
Chi-sing, First Deputy General Manager of Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operations and
Management Co., Ltd (DNMC).
Ir LEE began with an
overview of nuclear power generation around the world. Beginning from the
Generation I reactor designs in the 1950’s and Generation II & II plus in
1970’s and 90’s, the Generation III reactors currently being built are deployed
with further design refinements and safety feature enhancements. The Generation
III are characterized with standardized design to expedite licensing, reducing
capital cost and construction time. Also, the streamlined designs make them
easier to operate and less vulnerable to operational interruptions as well as
expected operational life of 60 years. Their safety features reduce the risk of reactor core damage and hence the environmental impacts.
Nuclear power provides safe,
reliable, clean and competitive power meeting 11% of the World’s electricity
requirement. Except in a few jurisdictions, many countries have continued to
develop nuclear energy in their energy portfolio. Continuous nuclear power
development is also found in Mainland China with the national plan to have 58GW
in operation and 30GW in construction by 2020.
The Daya Bay site has three
nuclear power stations, the Guangdong Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station (GNPS),
the Ling Ao Nuclear Power Station and the Ling Ao Nuclear Power Station Phase 2
which were fully commissioned in 1994, 2003 and 2011 respectively. Among them, the GNPS is the first large-scale
commercial nuclear power facility in the Mainland and supplies 25% of the Hong
Kong electricity demand. Safety considerations at the Daya Bay site including
site selection, engineering design, plant operation, regulation and emergency
management were discussed in the seminar.
Photo
Caption:
Ir LEE
Chi-sing (fourth from the right) with committee members after the seminar