Units will be built at Lianjiang and Zhangzhou, state media reports
China has approved four new reactors at two new nuclear power stations in the south of the country earlier this week, taking the total number of newly sanctioned nuclear power units to 10 in 2022, the highest yearly number in more than a decade, state news agency Xinhua and the China Nuclear Energy Association said.
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