It is the last death throes of an industry coupled with some tech minded people thinking it's controversial and cool, even though the tech in reality is old and boring. The "silver bullet" to fix climate change, much like we saw with all manner of things last year with Covid.
The one chance to revive nuclear power in the west through Virgil C. Summer, Vogtle, Hinkley Point C, Flammanville and Olkiluoto 3 failed miserably with several of the major players now bankrupt.
China keeps dipping it's toes in nuclear to keep the option open but no real commitment, and this announcement of 150 reactors is no real change to the long term plans either.
In 2019, China had a new target of 200 GWe of nuclear generating capacity by 2035, which is 7.7% out of predicted total electricity generating capacity of 2600 GWe.
The one chance to revive nuclear power in the west through Virgil C. Summer, Vogtle, Hinkley Point C, Flammanville and Olkiluoto 3 failed miserably with several of the major players now bankrupt.
China keeps dipping it's toes in nuclear to keep the option open but no real commitment, and this announcement of 150 reactors is no real change to the long term plans either.
In 2019, China had a new target of 200 GWe of nuclear generating capacity by 2035, which is 7.7% out of predicted total electricity generating capacity of 2600 GWe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_China
So with about 50 GWe from 50 reactors today adding another 150 gives you the same goal of about 200 GWe.