China und Russland dominieren den Ausbau der Kernenergie mit 90 % der neuen Reaktoren

China and Russia are establishing dominant positions in the global nuclear power market, accounting for 90% of the atomic plants undertaken last year.

By promoting nuclear power construction under state leadership, Beijing and Moscow are expanding their influence through the development of power sources and exports to emerging countries.

Of the nine large-scale nuclear power plants that began construction last year, seven are in China, one is in Russia and the other is in South Korea, according to the World Nuclear Association and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

China and Russia have dominated the nuclear power industry over the past decade. Of the 63 nuclear power plants that began construction worldwide since 2016, Chinese and Russian-made plants accounted for over 90%. The only nuclear power plants not built by China or Russia were five in South Korea and the U.K.

I thought new nuclear power plants aren’t economically viable compared to just building more solar and wind? And I’m talking purely economic aspects, no relevance to where to store waste, risk, space, etc.