PRC approves 10 new nuclear reactors across five sites
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Updated · The Jamestown Foundation · Apr 30
PRC approves 10 new nuclear reactors across five sites
15 articles · Updated · The Jamestown Foundation · Apr 30
The batch, backed by more than $27 billion, is part of a 112-reactor portfolio totaling 125 GWe, including 59 operating units and 35 under construction by end-2025.
The report says policy continuity, cheap state-backed financing, VAT rebates and a centralized spent-fuel fund have helped China avoid the cost overruns that have plagued many Western nuclear projects.
Provincial governments are integrating reactors into grids, heating and industry, supporting a buildout that could lift China past the United States in operable nuclear capacity before 2030.
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