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>As of March 2019, China has 46 nuclear reactors in operation with a capacity of 42.8 GW and 11 under construction with a capacity of 10.8 GW.Additional reactor
by rhodozelia 6y ago
>As of March 2019, China has 46 nuclear reactors in operation with a capacity of 42.8 GW and 11 under construction with a capacity of 10.8 GW.Additional reactors are planned for an additional 36 GW. [1]
China is planning to double their nuclear generation capacity. It is staggering to think they have 11 1000 MW plants under construction and plans to build another 36. The USA has lost the ability to build even 1 plant economically. I think China is “just doing it” when it comes to nuclear, as much as they can, which is a lot.
In comparison usa has 95 plants for 98,000 MW and has shut down 34 plants.
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_China