China Is Building World's Biggest Number of Nuclear Power Units
Liao Shumin
DATE:  Sep 03 2019
/ SOURCE:  yicai
China Is Building World's Biggest Number of Nuclear Power Units China Is Building World's Biggest Number of Nuclear Power Units

(Yicai Global) Sept. 3 -- China has the world's largest number of nuclear power reactors under construction, according to an agency under the cabinet.

By June, China was building 11 nuclear power units, and it already has 47 in operation, according to a white paper about nuclear safety that the State Council Information Office released today.

Chinese nuclear reactors have performed above the global median in terms of more than four-fifths of the indicators set by the World Association of Nuclear Operators, according to the report. They have reached a globally advanced level regarding more than 70 percent of the indicators. 

China had over 142,600 radioactive sources and nearly 181,300 radiation-emitting devices. All of them were licensed and radioactive waste was safely stored.

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Keywords:   White Paper,Nuclear Power