China takes lead on capacity of constructed nuclear energy blocks in the world

Almaty. July 26. Silkroadnews - The total capacity of the energy blocks of the atomic energy stations installed at the land area of China has been over 55 mln kWh, bringing the states to the 4th place in the world, China takes the lead in the global scale on the capacity of the constructed nuclear energy blocks in China, reports the Xinhua news agency.
According to Li Guansin, chairman of all China community of nuclear sciences, speaking at the 9th international youth conference on the atomic energy, since 1954 when the first atomic power station appeared in the former USSR, nuclear technologies found wide application in the agriculture, industry, medicine, energy and other fields. Last year 10.6% of the world energy supplies were delivered by AES. The first AES was commissioned in China in 1991. Now there are 34 stations and other 20 atomic energy blocks are being constructed in the state.