China plans 30 nuclear power plants along Silk route

He said 70 countries in total are already planning or developing their own nuclear powerprojects, and it is estimated 130 more nuclear power units will have been built by 2020.
"But we also face very strong competition in the international nuclear market," he said.
"Countries like Russia, South Korea, Japan and the United States are all exploring the globalnuclear market aggressively."
Belt and Road destinations are those along the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21stCentury Maritime Silk Road－the initiative proposed by
President Xi Jinping to strengthenregional economic integration and infrastructure connectivity.
Currently China has 30 nuclear power generating units with a capacity of 28 million gigawattsand another 24 units are under construction, according to data from the National EnergyAdministration.
CNNC is one of China's three nuclear giants.
It has been accelerating the building of its flagship nuclear project using Hualong One, a third-generation nuclear reactor design, in Fuqing, Fujian province, and hopes to leverage thisdomestic experience to boost its nuclear technology exports.
The operator has already reached bilateral agreements on nuclear energy cooperation withcountries including Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, Britain, France and Jordan, Sun said.
But he emphasized there was no need to hit full self-sufficiency in nuclear, because manygeneral components can be bought through international suppliers.
CNNC has already exported six nuclear reactors, five miniature neutron source reactors, twonuclear research facilities and one experimental reactor.
Sun said the company is looking ideally to cooperate with countries throughout the wholenuclear power industry chain.
It actively promotes localization of its technology and strives to establish integrated industrialsystems for countries involved with the Belt and Road, Sun said.
Source: Chinadaily