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Re:China to supercharge uranium race with 150 new nuclear re... by BurningFrog on Monday November 08, 2021 @05:52PM (#29155366)
> If it gets them to shut down their coal plants, great.

China is set to build 43 new coal plants in 2021, and they have a big power supply problem. So shutting any plants down is not happening anytime soon.

https://time.com/6090732/china-coal-power-plants-emissions/

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Re:China to supercharge uranium race with 150 new nuclear re... by kragen on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @01:38AM (#29158468)
China shuts down lots of coal plants all the time; it's just that they're also building them. In 02020 they built more than they shut down. I'll be surprised if that's the case in 02021.
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