China to Boost Nuclear Power (yes... again)

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BEIJING, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- China is likely to boost its 2020 target nuclear power capacity by 5 percent -- 86 gigawatts -- representing an annual investment of at least $10.6 billion, officials said.

China will approve an additional 10 nuclear power projects as part of the country's 12th Five-Year-Plan (2011-15) due out in the spring, said Zhang Guobao, former director of the National Energy Administration, China Daily reports.

There are 12 nuclear power plants operating in the country, with 25 reactors under construction. Nuclear power accounted for about 2.2 percent of China's electricity generation by the end of 2009.


http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2011/01/26/China-to-boost-nuclear-power/UPI-51011296055177/



Now wait. This can't be true. I had it on good authority that China had recognized the error of their ways and was focusing on reneables. That, yes, they had planned to build some nuclear plants but were going to limit it to the ones that were already in the works.