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I mostly agree with the comment above, but I want to note that China does not need the US to build the reactors: they are already doing it themselves. "As of J
by krasin 5y ago
I mostly agree with the comment above, but I want to note that China does not need the US to build the reactors: they are already doing it themselves.
"As of June 2021, China has a total nuclear power generation capacity of 49.6 GW from 50 reactors, with additional 17.1 GW under construction."
per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_China
- eldaisfish 5y agoThe more important figure is that under 3% of China's electrical energy comes from nuclear as of 2020. That is a pitifully low number when over half their electric energy comes from coal.
- krasin 5y agoAccording to the link I provided above, it's 6% and they are accelerating replacement of coal with nuclear.