| This paper presents the importance of nuclear power layout and site selection to nuclear safety from the Fukushima nuclear accident caused by earthquakes and tsunamis, analyzes the nuclear power distribution in the world, State, reactor type, the status quo of power generation, reveals the future trend of nuclear power development and distribution, sets out eight principles of plant layout and site selection, focuses on coastal and riverfront plant layout in countries all over the world (coastal and inland),with the introduction of France inland nuclear power plant layout, and finally makes an in depth study of China’s nuclear power plant layout. It thinks that the coastal and eastern areas are the focus of power distribution in China. The 45 nuclear power generating sets which have been built or being built are all distributed in coastal areas. The riverfront and lakefront nuclear power plants can be built in eastern areas such as Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Shandong, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi. The rise of central China needed nuclear power, which is the focus of inland nuclear power stations in China, and the symbol of China's nuclear power. The western areas should focus on the development of hydropower, wind, solar, with nuclear power and thermal power as basic load power to sustain these clean energy development, and there are several provinces should develop independent nuclear power. |