BEIJING - The State Council has officially approved a plan to expand nuclear
power generation capacity by 23 million kilowatts by from 2005 to 2020,
according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
The sites for the planned capacity will be chosen from the coastal cities in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shandong, Jiangsu, Liaoning and Fujian provinces. According to the plan, the government will consider constructing one nuclear power plant in the coastal provinces that don't have such plants.
Currently, nuclear power capacity on the mainland stood at 169.68 million kilowatts, with 11 nuclear reactors in operation boasting a combined capacity of 90.68 million kilowatts and another eight units in construction.
The Tianwan Nuclear Power Station, located in east China's Jiangsu Province, is a nuclear power station with the largest single-unit capacity in China.
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