WORLD BRIEFING / CHINA
China is planning to build five nuclear power stations this year to reduce the country’s reliance on coal and oil, state media reported.
The plants will be built in the eastern provinces of Zhe- jiang and Shandong, as well as Guangdong and Hainan in the south, reported the official New China News Agency, citing the National Energy Administration.
Construction of the Sanmen plant in Zhejiang began Sunday, the news agency said; work on the plant in Shandong will begin in September. Government plans announced in recent years call for nuclear plants to supply 4% of China’s power needs by 2020.
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