8. China leads in nuke capacity

With 24 nuclear power blocks under construction and a planned capacity of 25.4 gigawatts, China now has the world’s largest nuclear power capacity under construction, according to a December 26 report of the National Development and Reform Commission.

China recently started constructing the Taishan nuclear plant in Guangdong province, which is expected to be the world’s largest after completion. A total of 50.2 billion yuan ($7.35 billion) was invested in the first-phase project, whose unit capacity can amount to 1.75 million kilowatts.

According to China’s nuclear power plants long and mid-term development plan, the installed capacity is expected to reach 40 million kilowatts by 2020 generating 260 billion to 280 billion kilowatt hours of electricity each year, accounting for 4 percent to 6 percent of the country's total.

China now has 11 nuclear reactors in operation, with a total nuclear power installed capacity of 9.08 gW.

8、核發電能力居世界之首

國家發展與改革委員會2009年12月26日發布報告稱，目前中國共有24個在建核電站，計劃發電能力將達254億瓦特，在建核電產能居世界之首。

前不久，廣東臺山核電站開工，竣工后有望成為世界規模最大的核電站。一期工程共投資502億元（73.5億美元），單位發電量可達175萬千瓦。

據中國核電站中長期發展規劃，中國的核電裝機容量有望于2020年達到4000萬千瓦時，年發電量將達2600億至2800億千瓦時之間，占全國發電總量的4%至6%。

目前中國共有11個正在運轉的核反應堆，核電裝機容量達90.8億千瓦特。