Asia Returns to Nukes

Post-Fukushima Moratoria in China and Japan Give Way to Energy Reality

Quartz Steve LeVine

Asia’s two main economies appear to be winding down their moratoria on nuclear power.  The latest is China, which says it is starting to build nuclear reactors again, 19 months after the Fukushima disaster in Japan triggered a nuclear power pullback around the world. By 2015, China will have 40 GW of nuclear power capacity, or 10 GW less than planned prior to Fukushima. The resumption fits into China’s aim of developing the world’s largest non-fossil-fuel energy sector.

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