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There are 72 nuclear reactors being built around the world right now. 29 of them are in China. They're building more reactors than the next four builders combin

There are 72 nuclear reactors being built around the world right now. 29 of them are in China. They're building more reactors than the next four builders combined. That is, more than Russia, India, Korea and the United States put together. [1] The Chinese government has stated that they want to decrease their reliance on coal by building more natural gas, nuclear and solar power capacity. [2] Aside from a few regions, I don't think they've stopped building coal plants entirely, but the Chinese government pretty clearly likes nuclear power. [1] http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/WorldStatistics/UnderConstructionReactorsByCountry.aspx http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/WorldStatistics/UnderConstructionRe... [2] http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2013/09/12/the-war-on-coal-goes-global-china-bans-new-plants-as-obama-epa-plans-killer-regs/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2013/09/12/the...

Retric 12y ago
Of course they want to divirsify 77% of the total electrical capacity is coal. More importantly they had to shut down 2.5% of the nation's coal plants (58 units or 14,020 MW of capacity) in 2008 due to coal shortages. However, in the end these charts says more than I can: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_China#mediaviewer/File:Electricity_Production_in_China.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_China#med... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_China#mediaviewer/File:China_Coal_Production.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_China#mediaviewer/File:... PS: Of total annual production: Hydroelectric = 20.7% in 2006, Coal = 68.7% in 2006. = 89.4% Compared to France which get's 75+% of it's power from nuclear and has little in the way of coal reserves. http://our-future.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/coal_reserves_large-Source-Saturn-Minerals.png http://our-future.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/coal_reserve... Edit: To be clear, even after that construction is over Nuclear is still going to be a small fraction of overall capacity.

Retric 12y ago

Of course they want to divirsify 77% of the total electrical capacity is coal. More importantly they had to shut down 2.5% of the nation's coal plants (58 units or 14,020 MW of capacity) in 2008 due to coal shortages. However, in the end these charts says more than I can: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_China#mediaviewer/File:Electricity_Production_in_China.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_China#med... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_China#mediaviewer/File:China_Coal_Production.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_China#mediaviewer/File:... PS: Of total annual production: Hydroelectric = 20.7% in 2006, Coal = 68.7% in 2006. = 89.4% Compared to France which get's 75+% of it's power from nuclear and has little in the way of coal reserves. http://our-future.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/coal_reserves_large-Source-Saturn-Minerals.png http://our-future.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/coal_reserve... Edit: To be clear, even after that construction is over Nuclear is still going to be a small fraction of overall capacity.