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China Goes Nuclear

Posted by michael on from the power-to-the-people dept.

Rei writes "Wired reports that the People's Republic of China has announced plans to build 30 new nuclear reactors by the year 2020, and by 2050 have almost as much nuclear power as the entire world produces today. The reactors are to be pebble bed reactors, in which helium replaces radioactive, pressurized water. A Chinese research institution demonstrated the safety of their test reactor against meltdown by shutting off the coolant."

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  1. nucalear lobby invasion? by virtualone · · Score: 1, Troll

    normally (ok, at least sometimes) there is a balanced discussion here on slashdot.
    but on this surprisingly un-interesting topic (at least for the regular slashdotter) we see very strong opinions how good and bright nuclear power is.

    have we been invaded by the nuclear power mafia or are just the people with mod points biased towards this topic?

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  2. Job Change by xeon4life · · Score: 1, Troll

    Hopefully, China wont assign it's farmers to be Nuclear Engineers.

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    Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. -- Larry Wall