Next-Gen Nuclear Power Plant Breaks Ground In China

Posted by timothy on Sunday April 19, 2009 @06:09PM from the plenty-safe-bye-now-call-later dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The construction of first next-generation Westinghouse nuclear power reactor breaks ground in Sanmen, China. The reactor, expected to generate 12.7 Megawatts by 2013, costs 40 billion Yuan (~US$6 billion; that's a lot of iPods.) According to Westinghouse, 'The AP1000 is the safest and most economical nuclear power plant available in the worldwide commercial marketplace, and is the only Generation III+ reactor to receive Design Certification from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.' However, Chinese netizens suspect China is being used as a white rat to test unproven nuclear technologies (comments in Chinese)." Update: 04/20 07:28 GMT by T : As several readers have pointed out, this plant will generate much more than 12.7 Megawatts -- more like 1100 MWe.

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Re:Fun with acronyms. by italbrew · 2009-04-20 04:31 · Score: 0, Flamebait

That's because the Federal Government has successfully delayed most of the claims, to this day. They are denying there was any negative health effects. The evidence suggests otherwise.