(cont'd)
There's a research team of Chinese scientists working to design a nuclear plant that can use the element thorium instead of uranium. (Thorium is more abundant.) They were originally given 25 years to complete their work, but the government notified them that their deadline has been reduced to 10 years.
"In the past, the government was interested in nuclear power because of the energy shortage. Now, they are more interested because of smog," says a scientist working on the project.
"The problem of coal has become clear," he said: "if the average energy consumption per person doubles, this country will be choked to death by polluted air."
(from theguardian.com)
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