9 nuclear plants in pipeline

At least nine nuclear power plants will be built over the next two years, the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) said in a news release yesterday.

With the four NPP projects currently under construction, the scale of building nuclear power plants in China is "large and unprecedented," CAEA official Song Gongbao said in response to the publication of the release.

"It shows China's focus is clearly on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving sustainable development," he said.