Energy & Science

China to Dominate Nuclear as Beijing Bets on Homegrown Reactors

  • Biggest energy user seen favoring own Hualong One technology
  • Other clean energy sources may be nuclear’s biggest rival
Workers install a reactor pressure vessel at the Fuqing nuclear power plant with Hualong One technology in Fujian Province, Jan. 2018.Photographer: Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan via Getty Images
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China probably won’t hit its nuclear energy target this year, but that’s unlikely to derail a broader ambition to become the planet’s chief proponent of the climate-friendly fuel by the end of the decade.