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Public trust crisis threatens China's nuclear power ambitions
Public trust crisis threatens China's nuclear power ambitions
By Charlie Zhu
HONG KONG | Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:50pm EDT
(Reuters) - As China pushes an aggressive expansion of nuclear power it is running into a major stumbling block - a breakdown of trust, post-Fukushima, in official assurances of public safety.
A plan to build a $6 billion uranium processing plant in the southern province of Guangdong was canceled this week after about a thousand people took to the streets demanding the project was scrapped over public health and environmental fears.
Beijing plans to plough tens of billions of dollars into the construction of dozens of nuclear power projects across the country by 2020, as part of efforts to reduce its reliance on dirty coal-fired power and cut air pollution.
Industry insiders blamed the cancellation of the project on poor communication and a lack of public education. They say if things do not improve more protests could spring up elsewhere, threatening those plans to build new reactors.
"The public ...
By Charlie Zhu
HONG KONG | Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:50pm EDT
(Reuters) - As China pushes an aggressive expansion of nuclear power it is running into a major stumbling block - a breakdown of trust, post-Fukushima, in official assurances of public safety.
A plan to build a $6 billion uranium processing plant in the southern province of Guangdong was canceled this week after about a thousand people took to the streets demanding the project was scrapped over public health and environmental fears.
Beijing plans to plough tens of billions of dollars into the construction of dozens of nuclear power projects across the country by 2020, as part of efforts to reduce its reliance on dirty coal-fired power and cut air pollution.
Industry insiders blamed the cancellation of the project on poor communication and a lack of public education. They say if things do not improve more protests could spring up elsewhere, threatening those plans to build new reactors.
"The public ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/18/us-china-nuclear-protests-idUSBRE96H1BT20130718
Related: "China cancels $6 billion uranium plant after protest"
Sat, Jul 13 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/13/us-china-uranium-idUSBRE96C02G20130713
