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China has 20 nuclear plants under construction: http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2107354/china-pips-us-race-start-worlds-most-advanced-nuclear-po
by melling 9y ago
China has 20 nuclear plants under construction:
http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2107354/china-pips-us-race-start-worlds-most-advanced-nuclear-power-plant http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2107354/china...
The new AP1000s are almost done. Hopefully they get the costs under control so they can build 100 of them.
Bill Gates’ Terrapower is developing the next gen plants in China:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2015/10/02/bill-gates-forges-nuclear-deal-with-china/#ce496042c129 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2015/10/02/bill-gate...
- rgbrenner 9y agoAnd after those 20 plants are built, it'll increase their nuclear capacity to 58 GWe.... out of 1245 GWe total energy capacity, of which 73% is from coal. For comparison, they produce 34 GWe from two dams: Three Gorges and Yellow River. Nuclear is kind of a drop in the bucket. http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/china-nuclear-power.aspx http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-pro...
- melling 9y agoNuclear power in China will pass the United States within 10 years: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-31/china-s-nuclear-power-fleet-seen-overtaking-u-s-within-decade https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-31/china-s-n... Coal is expected to drop to 54%.