This Day, That Year

Item from Oct 22, 1995, in China Daily: Technicians change the process tube of a nuclear fuel cycling system at an unidentified power station in China.

Although committed to rely more on itself for nuclear power development, China will still appropriately import equipment to speed up nuclear energy construction, You Deliang, spokesman for the China National Nuclear Corp, said.

Nuclear power generation in the country has made impressive strides in recent years. By the end of last year, about 22 nuclear power reactors were in commercial operation, boasting an installed capacity of over 20 gigawatts, the China Nuclear Energy Association said. Twenty-six more units, with a combined capacity of nearly 30 GW, are being built.