China plans to build offshore nuclear power plant
Date: 14:19, 28-01-2016.
Almaty. January 28. Silkroadnews - China is considering construction of offshore nuclear power plants, but only under completely safe conditions, a senior nuclear official confirmed Wednesday, Chinanews.com informs.
The country will conduct a "careful and scientific" feasibility review before it makes the decision, said Xu Dazhe, director of the China Atomic Energy Authority, at a press conference.
As a developing country, China has a large need of energy but is under environmental stress, he said, adding that the country must fully exploit its maritime resources.
Currently China has 30 nuclear power generating units with a capacity of 28 million gw and another 24 units are under construction, all of which are on land.
