At the Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant in Fujian Province, China—where signs declaring the nation a “nuclear superpower” are prominently displayed—construction is underway on two units of the domestically produced nuclear reactor “Hualong One,” each with an output of 1.15 million kilowatts.
July 1, 2019
The following is a chapter originally published on April 19, 2019, titled: By those who still cry out against nuclear power with abnormal persistence—Asahi Shimbun, NHK, the eternally juvenile leftists, and those still under GHQ’s brainwashing, all acting under the influence of Chinese and Korean operatives and calling themselves “citizens’ groups.”
The excerpt below is from a recent article published in the Yomiuri Shimbun, titled “The U.S.-China Struggle for Dominance.”
It lays bare the true nature of the anti-nuclear movement in Japan, conducted by self-proclaimed citizens’ groups—groups that include Asahi, NHK, and others who scream incessantly against nuclear power, still trapped in postwar ideological conditioning and, in many cases, manipulated by influence operations from China and the Korean Peninsula.
The Day the ‘Leader in Nuclear Power’ Changes Hands
“For 60 years, the United States has been the global leader in nuclear energy. But at this rate, China is poised to overtake it within a decade,” declared Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, at a U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing held on February 28.
The United States and China are now entering into direct competition in the field of nuclear energy as well.
At the Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant in China’s Fujian Province—proudly bearing the label of a “nuclear great power”—construction of two Hualong One reactors, each with a capacity of 1.15 million kilowatts, is progressing steadily.
For the Xi Jinping administration, which aims to establish China as a dominant nuclear power, the Hualong One is more than just a symbol of advanced technology; it is also a strategic export product under the massive Belt and Road Initiative led by China.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump has made the “revival and expansion of nuclear energy” one of his key policy goals.
In the state of Oregon, the American startup NuScale Power is currently developing a new type of nuclear reactor called the Small Modular Reactor (SMR). Each unit has an output of 60,000 kilowatts and can be combined into a larger system.
Despite not yet being built, the SMR has already attracted considerable attention and interest from overseas.
Since the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in 1979, the United States has seen a long stagnation in new nuclear plant construction. Now, the world is watching to see just how far America can go in making a comeback.
(Washington Bureau: Sho Funakoshi, Shenyang Bureau: Keiichiro Higashi)
