China’s nuclear fleet will grow more than sevenfold to 400 GW by 2060 and account for about 18% of the country’s generation – an increase from around 5% today, China General Nuclear Power Group chairman Yang Changli said at an industry event on Thursday (27 April), Shanghai Securities News reported.

The 400 GW figure would be more than the net installed capacity of all the world’s nuclear plants today, which is about 374 GW.

China’s current fleet of 56 nuclear plants has an installed capacity of about 53 GW.

China’s 53 GW of installed capacity from 56 reactors puts it third in the world in terms of net installed capacity. The US has 95 GW from 93 reactors and France has 61 GW from 56 reactors.