Nuclear power: Back on the front burner

Economist: EARLIER this month work began at a big construction site in Shandong province, south-east of Beijing. In a country overflowing with infrastructure projects, that seems unremarkable. Except the workers are restarting construction of a nuclear plant using a radical new design developed by Beijing's Tsinghua University. This showcase of "indigenous innovation" is the clearest signal yet that China's nuclear power is about to take off again. Before 2011 China's leaders were dead keen on it, hoping...

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