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China to build nuclear power plants on artificial islands
2016-04-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chicago Tribune: China's quest to fence off a big chunk of the South China Sea may have just gotten another, powerful boost: plans for a fleet of floating nuclear power plants that could provide huge amounts of electricity for the far-flung atolls and islets. While floating nuclear power plants are hardly a novel idea, their use in the South China Sea - a typhoon-wracked hotbed of territorial disputes and increasing military rivalries - would be worrisome both for environmental and security reasons. Chinese state...
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