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Thursday, July 10, 2014

China poised to become world leader in nuclear power


China poised to become world leader in nuclear power


The pipes in a nuclear power plant in Liaoning province. (Photo/Xinhua)
The pipes in a nuclear power plant in Liaoning province. (Photo/Xinhua)
The technology that Japan uses in its nuclear power plants might be better than China, but the former's management and operations are not strict enough, writes Wedge, a Japanese magazine.
China has plans to build 29 new nuclear power plants to add to its current 19 aims to have installed nuclear output capacity of 400 million kilowatts by 2050, more than the total amount of electricity currently produced by all the nuclear power plants in the rest of the world.

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1201&MainCatID=12&id=20140710000036

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