CEC calls for revised nuclear power goals

Council suggests putting inland plant projects on temporary hold

BEIJING - China should trim its planned nuclear capacity and slow down the development of nuclear power plants in inland regions, the China Electricity Council (CEC) has suggested.

The nation should reduce its current plans for 90 gigawatt (gW) capacity by 2020 by at least 10 gW, said Wei Zhaofeng, deputy director of the CEC. "The industry is likely to miss our earlier prediction of achieving 40 gW of nuclear capacity by 2015."