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How China became the king of new nuclear power, and how the U.S. is trying to stage a comeback (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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China has 21 nuclear reactors under construction which will have a capacity for generating more than 21 gigawatts of electricity, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. That is two and a half times more nuclear reactors under construction than any other country.

I love that China is not planning to power all future demand with more coal and gas.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why doesn't everyone just import Chinese labour for their nuclear power plants then?