China forges ahead with nuclear energy

China pauses its plans to build the most new nuclear reactors in the world - but will not halt them.

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David Biello
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Editor's Note: Some of the reporting for this feature took place as a result of a Jefferson Fellowship from the East–West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

This article was first published by Scientific American on 28 March 2011.

Biello, D. China forges ahead with nuclear energy. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.194