Three new projects have been added to the national list of nuclear power development. The new stations are located in Longyou, Zhejiang Province; Xudapu, Liaoning Province; and Ji'an, Jiangxi Province.

These stations will utilize the advanced Westinghouse-designed AP1000 pressurized water reactors to meet stringent safety and environmental standards, said Sun Qin, General Manager of the China National Nuclear Corp.

The installed nuclear power capacity is expected to reach 70 million kilowatts by 2020, 200 million kw by 2030 and 400 million kw by 2050.

Currently, China has 11 operating nuclear power plants with a total capacity of 9.1 million kw, said Zhou Zhenxing, President of Uranium Industry Co., a subsidiary of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Corp. Another 12 units currently under construction have a capacity of 34.76 million kw.