Russia Pledges Support to Help China Surpass U.S. in Nuclear Power Production

Russia has said that it will help China overtake the United States as the world’s biggest producer of nuclear power.

Russia has already helped build four nuclear reactors in China and is building four more, and China needs a large amount of uranium and nuclear fuel for its ambitious plans, Likhachev said.

As a result, China will need to develop a new generation of closed nuclear fuel cycle reactors based on Russian technology, he said.