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Nuclear Power and China's Energy Future: Limited Options

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Augustin Boey
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In the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, the fate of nuclear power appeared to hang in the balance as generating states scrambled to conduct safety checks on their existing nuclear reactors and newly-restarted nuclear programmes. A number of these states have since elected to phase out their nuclear power plants.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 10 , Issue 9 , February 2012 , e2
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Recommended citation: Boey, Augustin, ‘Nuclear Power and China's Energy Future: Limited Options,’ The Asia Pacific Journal, Vol. 10, Issue 9 No. 2, February 27, 2012.Google Scholar