{"id":2269616,"date":"2024-06-17T13:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T17:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-is-15-years-behind-china-on-nuclear-power-report-warns\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T13:38:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T17:38:09","slug":"us-is-15-years-behind-china-on-nuclear-power-report-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-is-15-years-behind-china-on-nuclear-power-report-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: US trails China by 15 years in nuclear power development"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-is-15-years-behind-china-on-nuclear-power-report-warns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2269616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The United States is significantly behind China \u200bin the advancement of \u2064high-tech\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/great-reset-delayed-belgium-delays-killing-nuclear-over-chaotic-geopolitical-environment\/\" title=\"Great Reset Delayed: Belgium Delays Killing Nuclear over 'Chaotic Geopolitical Environment'\">nuclear power generation<\/a>. According\u200b to a report by the Information Technology and \u2062Innovation Foundation, China has 27 nuclear reactors currently under construction, which is more than double the number in any other nation. These projects in China typically complete within seven years, \u2063faster than the timelines observed \u2062in the \u200dU.S. and other Western countries. The report estimates\u200c that\u200c China is \u200cabout 10 to 15 years \u200dahead of the U.S. in nuclear technology and anticipates that China will surpass the U.S. to have the largest \u2062nuclear \u2062power capacity by 2030. <\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s rapid progress in nuclear power is attributed to a coherent national \u200bstrategy that simplifies permitting\u2064 and regulatory \u200dprocedures, supports nuclear projects with substantial government subsidies and low-interest loans, and \u200cprioritizes\u2062 domestic construction\u2064 of nuclear reactors within its broader energy strategy. China also shows \u2062significant advances in\u2063 developing advanced nuclear technologies such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spain-pledges-to-phase-out-nuclear-power-by-2035\/\" title=\"Spain commits to eliminating nuclear energy by 2035\">small modular \u2062reactors<\/a>\u2064 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/neil-patel-americas-dumb-energy-debates\/\" title=\"Neil Patel: America's Dumb Energy Debates\">nuclear fusion technology<\/a>. This is highlighted\u2063 by the\u2063 increase in China&#8217;s share of nuclear patents from \u20631.3%\u200b in 2008 to over 13% in \u200d2023,\u2064 and the country leads in \u2064nuclear fusion patent applications, positioning it advantageously for future deployment of\u2062 nuclear\u2064 fusion reactors. Notably, in December, China introduced the world&#8217;s first\u2062 fourth-generation \u200dnuclear reactor.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The United States is more than a decade behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>China<\/a> in its development of high-tech <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nuclear-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>nuclear power<\/a> generation, a new report found, illustrating the growing divide between the world\u2019s two largest economies as they race to meet ambitious targets for carbon-free power generation and deploy next-generation reactors.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/itif.org\/publications\/2024\/06\/17\/how-innovative-is-china-in-nuclear-power\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"report\">report<\/a> published by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation think tank, China currently has 27 nuclear reactors under construction, more than twice the number of projects in any other country. Projects there take an average of seven years, the report said, a much shorter timeline than in the U.S. or other Western countries.<\/p>\n<p>All told, the report estimates that China is likely 10 to 15 years ahead of the U.S. in nuclear power and is on track to overtake the U.S. as the nation with the largest nuclear-generating capacity by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s rapid ascent is primarily due to the government\u2019s \u201ccoherent national strategy toward nuclear power,\u201d the report said, which authors noted has allowed the government to ease the permitting and regulatory processes for new nuclear projects and to provide developers with access to \u201cextensive\u201d government subsidies and low-interest loans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina\u2019s government has assigned considerable priority to domestic nuclear reactor construction as part of Beijing\u2019s broader energy strategy,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>This has also aided China in making headway on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-admin-afraid-iran-wont-scale-back-nuke-program\/\" title=\"Report: Biden Admin Afraid Iran Won\u2019t Scale Back Nuke Program\">advanced nuclear technology<\/a>, including the build-out of small modular reactors and nuclear fusion technology.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2008 and 2023, China\u2019s share of all nuclear patents increased from 1.3% to more than 13%, and China now leads in the number of nuclear fusion patent applications, the report noted \u2014 allowing it to theoretically get a leg up on deploying nuclear fusion reactors once fission technology becomes viable.<\/p>\n<p>In December, China unveiled the world\u2019s first fourth-generation nuclear reactor in Shidao Bay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina\u2019s rapid deployment of ever-more modern nuclear power plants over time produces significant scale economies and learning-by-doing effects, and this suggests that Chinese enterprises will gain an advantage at incremental innovation in this sector going forward,\u201d the authors said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the U.S. has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3038898\/biden-administration-tightens-screws-on-russia-with-new-sanctions-effort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"struggled\">struggled<\/a> to bring new nuclear reactors online, threatening its status as the world\u2019s largest nuclear power producer. In the last 10 years, the U.S. has completed just two new nuclear reactors. The reactors, at the Plant Vogtle facility in Georgia, were years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget.<\/p>\n<p>China has nearly tripled its nuclear capacity over the past 10 years, adding the same amount of capacity that took the U.S. nearly 40 years to build out.<\/p>\n<p>Both countries are looking to scale up nuclear power generation in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. in December pledged to triple its current nuclear power capacity by 2050. China is planning to have nuclear power make up at least 15% of its total energy mix by the same year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the U.S. is to go toe-to-toe with China on nuclear power, it needs to develop a \u201cwhole-of-government\u201d approach on project permitting and financing advanced reactors and nuclear fusion development, the study\u2019s authors noted, and explore the idea of working to a limited degree with international allies.<\/p>\n<p>Nuclear fusion \u201crepresents yet one more arena where the technical, scientific, and commercial competition will be fierce between China and the United States in the years ahead,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent report reveals that the United States trails China by over a decade in advanced nuclear power technology. 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