By Wan Zhihong (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-12-07 09:16

By the end of June, nuclear power plants with a capacity of 7,960MW were in operation in China, and another 18,340 MW of capacity was under construction, according to Guodian.

At the end of last year, nuclear power accounted for 1.1 percent of the nation's total installed power capacity, the State Electricity Regulatory Commission's 2006 annual report said.

Nuclear power is the most important electricity-generating method after thermal and hydro in China, and the country has become the third-largest nuclear power producer in Asia after Japan and South Korea.

China plans to increase nuclear power capacity to 40 gigawatts by 2020, accounting for 4 percent of its total generating capacity.

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