NUCLEAR PROJECTS
ACCORDING TO THE latest findings of the annual World Nuclear Report , as of January 2018 , there are 52 reactors currently under construction worldwide . Four NPPs began the longterm process of construction in 2017 – one each in Bangladesh , China , India and South Korea .
The Chinese project , a pilot fast reactor , was launched on Christmas Day last year at the Xiapu site in Fujian province , but there were no other new NPP projects or construction starts announced in the country . Analysts suggest it ’ s a sign of a major shift or slowdown in Chinese nuclear policy , following the country ’ s domination of world nuclear construction for the past decade when it contributed over 60 % of all new global sites since 2008 .
The sector is experiencing profound structural change . The introduction of renewable energy at scale , thanks to declining costs driven by technological advances , has increased renewable power output at the expense of conventional technologies such as
28 February 2018