Taishan nuclear power plant started construction in 2009 with an estimated commission date of late 2017. It cost 50.2 billion yuan (US$7.5 billion).

In mainland China, there are 36 nuclear power reactors in operation, 21 under construction, and more about to start construction.

Additional reactors are planned, including some of the world’s most advanced, to give a doubling of nuclear capacity to at least 58 GWe by 2020-21, then up to 150 GWe by 2030, and much more by 2050.

The impetus for increasing nuclear power share in China is increasingly due to air pollution from coal-fired plants.

*World Nuclear Association