China can build more than 40 nuclear reactors at the same time

China is prepared to build more than 40 nuclear energy units simultaneously, as revealed China 2025 nuclear energy development reportreleased on Sunday (27) by the Chinese Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA). The information was reported by state broadcaster CGTN. China intends to build 150 new nuclear reactors between 2020 and 2035.

According to the document, the consolidation of Hualong One reactors – a third generation project developed by the country – boosted the series of series of nuclear plants, both in the national and abroad.

China began the operation of the world’s first fourth generation nuclear reactor, to which it claims to have developed about 90% of the technology. Overall, analysts evaluate that China is probably 10 to 15 years ahead of the United States in its ability to deploy fourth -generation nuclear reactors on scale. Many fourth -generation nuclear technologies have been known for years, but China’s approach, supported by the state, stands out in its implementation.

By 2024, Chinese investment in nuclear energy construction broke record, reaching 146.9 billion yuans (about US $ 20.16 billion), an increase of more than 50 billion yuans compared to the previous year.

According to CAO Shudong, CNEA’s executive vice president, China came to dominate the entire life cycle of nuclear engineering: from the project to commercial operation. “The country is able to build simultaneously 40 nuclear energy units or more,” he said. This advance is attributed to the strengthening of its own research, the progress in technological innovation and the adoption of modern techniques, such as the avening of large -scale domes.

In addition to the electrical generation, the civil use of nuclear energy is expanding. In winter 2024-2025, Haiyang, Qinshan and Hongyanhe plants provided warming to over 14 million square meters from urban areas. Isotope production has also advanced: China began to produce a carbon-14 mass with commercial reactors, consolidating its self-sufficiency in this sector.

Although China has been based on a foreign technological basis, it became the world’s main proposer of nuclear energy. Chinese companies are well ahead of their western peers, supported by a comprehensive government strategy that offers broad financing and systemic coordination.

Analysts evaluate that the United States and China are probably on an equal footing when it comes to efforts to develop nuclear fusion technologies, but warn that China’s ability to deploy scale fission reactors gives it an advantage when the merger comes into operation.

International cooperation reinforces this trend. Last year, the country opened 12 nuclear research facilities for foreign scientists and started projects with Thailand, Bangladesh, Hungary, Poland and Nigeria, in areas such as nuclear medicine and irradiated agriculture.

From 2008 to 2023, China’s share in all nuclear patents increased from 1.3% to 13.4%, and the country leads the number of requests for nuclear merger patents.