China reins in the spiralling construction costs of nuclear power — what can other countries learn?

Shangwei Liu; Gang He; Minghao Qiu; Daniel M. Kammen

doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02341-z

China reins in the spiralling construction costs of nuclear power — what can other countries learn?

Shangwei Liu
, Gang He
, Minghao Qiu
, Daniel M. Kammen

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Abstract

Strengthening regulations and domestic supply chains could be key to making nuclear power more economically viable.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1186-1188
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature
Volume	643
Issue number	8074
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02341-z
State	Published - Jul 31 2025

Keywords

Energy
Government
Industry

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