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Re:All Applications for Nuclear Energy at COP26 Rejected by sandGorgon on Sunday October 31, 2021 @03:13AM (#29055113)
China's nuclear power plants come from the US. Westinghouse's bankruptcy set back the targets for many years.

Of course, the big problem is also geopolitical concerns here.

I would say that India is in a better position here (on geopolitics), however the tech transfer from US even to India has been iffy at best.

Here's a bigger problem - India has set a goal to switch to electrical vehicles by 2030. If that happens, all gasoline/petrol/diesel consumption will switch to coal.

Which means that switching to EV will double India's pollution norms. Unless nuclear power takes over.

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Re:All Applications for Nuclear Energy at COP26 Rejected by mytailorisrich on Sunday October 31, 2021 @03:55AM (#29055280)
Actually the majority of China's nuclear power plants are a local design based on French technology (there's been a long term cooperation with France, which has built a couple of nuclear power plants there, including recently)
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Re:All Applications for Nuclear Energy at COP26 Rejected by sandGorgon on Monday November 01, 2021 @02:15AM (#29063530)
The point is - if westinghouse transfer had happened, this would have already been in place. I'm not disputing what they are doing now.

Eventually all countries will have the ability to make gen 5 reactors...but the COP26 is today. And we lost time.

That's the reason why coal usage will double or triple in the next 2 years primarily from India or China.

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Re:All Applications for Nuclear Energy at COP26 Rejected by domsom on Sunday October 31, 2021 @04:05AM (#29055324)
> Which means that switching to EV will double India's pollution norms. Unless nuclear power takes over.

Why is nuclear the only alternative?

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Re:All Applications for Nuclear Energy at COP26 Rejected by koheripbal on Sunday October 31, 2021 @09:10AM (#29056724)
India's electric vehicle goal is pure politics and no one in India takes it seriously. It has zero chance of happening.
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Re:All Applications for Nuclear Energy at COP26 Rejected by adrianN on Sunday October 31, 2021 @05:42AM (#29055771)
EVs produce less CO2 than ICEs even when powered by coal plants.
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Re:All Applications for Nuclear Energy at COP26 Rejected by sudosysgen on Sunday October 31, 2021 @11:21AM (#29057608)
China's reliance on US tech for nuclear is over. Now they're using French tech domestically manufactured for their current gen reactors, and building next gen reactors with their own tech.
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