More on nuclear power in China
- As of 2020, China was producing 51 gigawatts of capacity using nuclear power. (Japan Times)
- China had led the world in terms of new reactor construction in 2018 and 2019 (China Nuclear Energy Association)
- Nuclear power contributed 4.9% of the total Chinese electricity production in 2019, with 348.1 TWh. (World Nuclear News)
- The 2020 National People’s Congress supported future building of 6 to 8 reactors a year (Bloomberg News)
- More than 1,000 people protested in Jiangmen City Hall in July 2013 to demand authorities abandon a planned uranium-processing facility that was designed as a major supplier to nuclear power stations, fearing it would adversely affect their health. (USA Today)
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FAST Telescope
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