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A home run for nuclear power

CHINA has begun to equip its nuclear-power stations with improved second-generation reactors based on its own designs, the country's Nuclear Energy Association said yesterday. Four nuclear power stations, including... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Tue, Jun 17 2008

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