China Greenlights Record-Breaking Nuclear Expansion
China approved the construction of 11 new nuclear reactors on Monday, breaking a record and once again demonstrating its all-of-the-above attitude to energy security. The country is building more nuclear power plants than any other country in the world—just like its coal power plants—and based on those record approvals, it plans to build even more, becoming the world’s biggest nuclear generator by 2030, according to BloombergNEF. Bloomberg reports that there are 56 operating nuclear reactors in China, whose combined capacity covers…