ITIF2024年中国核电创新能力研究报告英文版32页

itif.org How Innovative Is China in Nuclear Power? STEPHEN EZELL | JUNE 2024 Though China built upon a foreign base of technology, it has become the world’s leading proponent of nuclear energy. Chinese firms are well ahead of their Western peers, supported by a whole-of-government strategy that provides extensive financing and systemic coordination. KEY TAKEAWAYS  China intends to build 150 new nuclear reactors between 2020 and 2035, with 27 currently under construction and the average construction timeline for each reactor about seven years, far faster than for most other nations.  China has commenced operation of the world’s first fourth-generation nuclear reactor, for which China asserts it developed some 90 percent of the technology.  China is leading in the development and launch of cost-competitive small modular reactors (SMRs).  Overall, analysts assess that China likely stands 10 to 15 years ahead of the United States in its ability to deploy fourth-generation nuclear