China aims to quadruple nuclear power
Reuters  | Dec. 14, 2004 | Reuters
 

China has big plans for nuclear power, hoping to build 27 new reactors at a cost of $1 billion each in order to quadruple capacity by 2020.

That should take China to 36,000 megawatts, according to Zhang Huazhu, chairman of the China Atomic Energy Authority.

“It is not easy to realize the target of 36,000 megawatts by 2020. It means we should build 27 nuclear power generators each with a capacity of 1,000 megawatts by then,” said Zhang, also vice minister of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.

With nine nuclear power generators in operation, China had a total nuclear power capacity of 7,010 megawatts by the end of July, he said.
 

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