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ebisen
Considering that the punishment for getting it wrong is for sure the death penalty (unlike the punishment for getting it wrong in Japan), I do trust the Chinese more than I would trust the Japanese on this one.
WilliB
While Japan immobilizes itself by pandering to antinuclear emotions, China forges ahead.
sengoku38
I believe the new plants being built in Japan are still 3rd generation? Since the 4th generation is the safest design ever, any idea why we are not building them here??
Rick Kisa
lucky it is may not in the ring of fire!!!
House Atreides
The Chinese also said they had improved high speed rail technology. Then came the Wenzhou train collision.
WilliB
sengoku38:
4th generation designs are still unproven. While it is good that China builds a plant, it is probably not such a good idea to use new technology on that scale.
ubikwit
Is this a thorium plant?
WilliB
ubiquit:
No. A small google expedition will show you that this is a uranium plant.
Incidentally, this "4th generation" design seems to be a pebble-bed reactor, a technology that was tried but abandoned because too problematic in Germany. I somehow doubt that Chinese engineering can solve what the Germans could not.
nandakandamanda
Well, it's an interesting experiment, and even if it should go wrong the prevailing winds will blow it away from China and over the Yellow Sea towards N & S Korea.