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China’s Nuclear Plant on Track

Following the Japan earthquake and nuclear crisis, China had suspended plans for nuclear energy until a new draft for nuclear safety was approved. There are now reports that China will launch a third generation of nuclear plants in 2013 that would be able to withstand the same level of shock as the earthquake in Japan. Reuters reports: Construction slowed following the tsunami, to allow for design