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Next-Gen Nuclear Power Plant Breaks Ground In China
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.
Good AC post. You've utterly failed to prove your point, and you're only reinforcing mine regarding nuclear power's overwhelmingly positive track record on safety when viewed over the long term. Nice job. School starts in a few hours, you don't want to be late for the bus.
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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.