China Keeps Pushing Nuclear Power With Ambitious Growth Target

The Taipingling nuclear power project in Guangdong Province. 

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China is maintaining the pressure on its nuclear power giants to deliver more reactors with an ambitious new target, despite a string of misses in recent years.

The government last week set a goal of 110 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2030 in its latest five-year plan draft,Bloomberg Terminal a 76% jump from the end of last year. The new objective comes after the country fell short of reaching 58 gigawatts by 2020 and 70 gigawatts by 2025.

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