China’s First Next-Gen Nuclear Reactor Enters Commercial Operations
China is building more nuclear plants than any other country
The unit differs from traditional nuclear plants by heating up helium instead of water to produce power, an important consideration for inland plants given increasing concerns over climate change-fueled droughts.
It’s also designed to shut down automatically if something goes wrong — in contrast to some older systems that required electricity to trigger safety measures, which is what led to the Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan in 2011.
Bloomberg 6 December 2023
China’s carbon emissions have either peaked already or will do this winter
The country’s target of net zero by 2060 is likely to be achieved a decade earlier than previously assumed, and perhaps earlier than in Europe.
This is a remarkable turn of events.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard 27 November 2023
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