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China’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...

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China 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,...

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BHP 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...

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China 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...

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China 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....

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China’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...

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China, 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...

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China 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...

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China’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...

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China 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...

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China 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...

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Thousands 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...

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City 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...

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Concerns 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...

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Disinformation 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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