Reply #3: Yes, the government as a sales agent for nuclear power... [View All]

[kristopher]

And then we have the bribery conviction of their nuclear chief. I don't think it matters what type of reactor they build, if your oversight during construction, operation and maintenance is corrupt the design isn't going to be the deciding factor.

See also:
China’s Nuclear-Power Chief: A Spy?

When Kang Rixin, the head of China’s nuclear-power program, was sentenced to life in prison last November for taking bribes, it was a troubling enough piece of news. Given the speed, scale, and ambition of China’s nuclear program—it has more plants in the planning stage than the rest of the world combined—it did not project reassuring evidence that China has shielded this crucial program from the kind of construction-corruption that has dogged the high-speed rail system.

Today brought startling news. Midway through a video leaked on the Chinese Web, a senior military official explains previously unknown details about major spying cases uncovered in recent years, including the fact that bribery was hardly the most serious accusation against Kang. He is accused of selling secrets about China’s nuclear power industry to foreign countries. “Kang’s case can’t be made public because the damage he has done by selling secrets was a lot more devastating than economic losses,” Major General Jin Yinan said in the video...

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