"Wired reports that the People's Republic of China has announced plans to build 30 new nuclear reactors by the year 2020, and by 2050 have almost as much nuclear power as the entire world produces today. The reactors are to be pebble bed reactors, in which helium replaces radioactive, pressurized water. A Chinese research institution demonstrated the safety of their test reactor against meltdown by shutting off the coolant."

That's a seriose amount of power

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Ya, I must say pebble bed reactors are the way to go. They are a LOT safer and more enviro-friendly than traditional reactors. Just wait for the US to have a problem with it...

whoa we need one of those for the monsterlan

I can see now if Bush keeps his presidency china's gonna have "weapons of mass destruction"

That's the same kind they're planning to build in Cape Town right?

Yep.

Do they NEED that much power though? Perhaps they plan to sell some of it to their neighbours?

I was also wondering about that, it seems to be a bit excessive for forward planning.

I was thinking about an article i read a while back where China deployed a laser canon on their border near Taiwan. Could be a reason for uping their power output.

Then we'll also have a wepon of mass destruction