Thorium seems to be a safer technology. Also, it's a fallacy to think the CPC simply ignores popular sentiment. Fukushima had as much of an impact in China as

Thorium seems to be a safer technology. Also, it's a fallacy to think the CPC simply ignores popular sentiment. Fukushima had as much of an impact in China as it did in Japan - all new plants were paused (http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/china.nuclear/?hpt=T2 http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/china.nuclea...) and it may have factored into the decision to go all-in on solar and wind power over the past decade instead.