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

3 years ago by lntl to c/worldnews

China is the current king of new nuclear power construction. The US is attempting to launch a comeback, but its still unknown whether that will be successful.

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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echoplex21 31 points 3 years ago

Our aversion to nuclear energy PR wise has been a disaster. It’s very difficult for the general public to fully buy into nuclear power with all the misinformation spread about it. Hope we start to slowly veer back towards it.

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Arcturus 15 points 3 years ago

But it's not the general public who is averse to nuclear, they're as a whole, probably more in favour of it. The current Swedish governmrnt campaigned on it. It's nuclear companies themselves who don't want it. Which is partially why Sweden suddenly and quietly scrapped their plans.

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NoneOfUrBusiness 4 points 3 years ago