http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-03/26/c_13799468.htm
With the recent nuclear disaster in Japan, China has gone on the record to guarantee the safety of its nuclear facilities. Officials have claimed that China's seven nuclear reactors show no defects, and safety statistics that are higher than the global average. As part of China's next 5 year plan, China will launch new nuclear energy projects as a form of clean energy, an plans to have 66 nuclear plants by 2020.
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China's wish to build nuclear power plants is understandable and if they make and follow strict and safe building and operating procedures, then there should be no problem. This said, the recent nuclear power plant problems in Japan due to a natural disaster should be taken into mind when building any type of nuclear power plant.
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