CHINA PONDERS SUITABLE MODELS FOR INLAND NUCLEAR EXPANSION
March 1st, 2012
BY MARK GODFREY, IN BEIJING
IN the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, China has opted to lower its nuclear construction targets but also to build 3G reactors in inland regions according to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' (ASME) representative in Beijing. John Zhang. He told World Nuclear News: "The NDRC [government policy-setting think tank] announced that to solve the imbalance, more of the new nuclear power stations would be located inland. They've been very clear that they [operators] must use third generation technology because there's ...
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