China is finding it hard to get enough uranium to fuel nuclear plants – Reuters
From International Herald Tribune: China is finding it hard to obtain enough uranium to fuel the nuclear power reactors it plans to build, according to the country’s top energy official. The comments...
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BP Report Says World Energy Use Rose 2.4% in 2006, China up 8.4% – Pablo Gorondi
China’s energy consumption has risen to 15% of total global energy consumption. China’s use of gas, coal, and nuclear energy rose in 2006, and Beijing is launching a new campaign to decrease wasteful...
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China Deal Gives Lift to Revival of Fission – John Tagliabue
The New York Times interviews Anne Lauvergeon, CEO of France’s nuclear energy giant Areva, about the recent deal struck with China, the largest in the industry’s history: The agreement will bring both...
View ArticleWork Starts on Nuclear Power Plant
China Daily reports that construction of a nuclear power station began on Monday in Fujian province. The plant is estimated to cost $7.1 billion for four nuclear reactors. They expect the first nuclear...
View ArticleChina’s Nuclear Gambit
From China Brief: Economic factors are clearly driving Chinese interest in strengthening their country’s underdeveloped nuclear energy sector. At present, China’s 11 operating nuclear reactors produce...
View ArticleChina On Alert Against Quake Radiation Leaks
Benjamin Kang Lim reports for the Reuters, via thestars.com: China is on precautionary alert against possible radiation leaks from the deadliest earthquake to hit the country in three decades,...
View ArticleBHP Planning to Sell Uranium to China ‘for Decades’
As Venezuela positions itself to sell more oil to help China meet its rising demands, Australia’s BHP Billiton mining giant is getting ready to export uranium to China as the country prepares to expand...
View ArticleChina Eyes Massive Hike in Atomic Energy Target
China announced plans to expand its energy sector on Wednesday, with nuclear energy as one of its main targets. From AFP: China plans to nearly double its target for nuclear energy by 2020, state media...
View ArticleChina Still Committed to Nuclear Power
As a result of the nuclear meltdown in Japan, China had suspended its new nuclear projects. (Read about that here.) Despite this, Damien Ma believes China remains as committed to nuclear power as ever....
View ArticleChina’s Nuclear-Power Chief: A Spy?
Revelations from a top-ranking Chinese general appear to reveal that the head of China’s nuclear-power program, Kang Rixin, was a spy. From the New Yorker: When Kang Rixin, the head of China’s...
View ArticleChina, Taiwan Reach Agreement on Nuclear Safety
In the wake of the March earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear scare in Fukushima, China and Taiwan signed a nuclear power safety agreement on Thursday to establish a framework for cross-Strait...
View ArticleChina May Approve Nuclear Projects After Revising Safety Rules
After the March 11th earthquake in Japan and the subsequent nuclear crisis, China had suspended its development of new nuclear energy projects, but there are reports that the plans to increase China’s...
View ArticleChina’s Nuclear Plant on Track
Following the Japan earthquake and nuclear crisis, China had suspended plans for nuclear energy until a new draft for nuclear safety was approved. There are now reports that China will launch a third...
View ArticleChina Recharges Nuclear Power Ambitions
After defrosting its nuclear plans earlier this year, and amid ongoing questions over its safety in the aftermath of Japan’s Fukushima disaster last year, a nuclear official predicted on Wednesday that...
View ArticleChina Takes One Small Step Towards Fusion Power
Scientists at Hefei’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak have achieved a major improvement in plasma containment time, a small but significant step towards the stubbornly elusive goal of...
View ArticleThousands Protest Planned Nuclear Waste Project
Thousands of residents in Lianyungang, Jiangsu staged a demonstration over the weekend to protest against a proposed nuclear waste reprocessing facility to be built in the city by the China National...
View ArticleCity Suspends Nuclear Project After Thousands Protest
The local government of Lianyungang has suspended plans to build a nuclear waste reprocessing plant in the city after thousands of residents took to the streets to protest against the project. The...
View ArticleConcerns Over Taishan Nuclear Plant Highlight Official Secrecy
A radioactive gas leak at a nuclear power plant in southern China has been described by experts as a mundane issue with the cladding on fuel rods in one of the plant’s reactors. The episode has...
View ArticleDisinformation and Censorship Skew Debate Over Fukushima Wastewater Release
Chinese debate over Japan’s release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has thus far been characterized by disinformation, nationalism, and heavy online censorship....
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