China will construct 6-8 nuclear reactors a year from 2020-2025 in Pakistan as a project of CPEC.
China will construct from 6 to 8 nuclear reactors a year between 2020-2025 and raise the total volume to 70 Gigawatts (GW), and up to 43.5 percent to the end of May, the China Daily Official stated this on 9th July 2020, after summoning the country's nuclear association.
The Chinese Nuclear Energy Association said that the country's total installed volume to expected to stand at 52GW by the end of 2020, falling short of a 58GW target. But it would soon get back on track and could bring total volume in operation or under construction to around 200GW by 2035, the association elaborated.
China's nuclear energy ambitions have been delayed on major projects having previously untested technology, as well as a 4-year abeyance on new approvals following the Fukushima disaster in Japan in 2011.
Government officials said in April that the nuclear industry would not be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, but no new reactors have been given the go-ahead in this year. 6 were approved in 2019.
China's nuclear capacity stood at 48.8GW at end of May, arguing for 2.5 percent of its total generating volume, according to facts and figures released by the National Energy Administration.
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