China’s Nuclear Energy Push

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Alexander C. Kaufman
Senior Energy Reporter, HuffPost

Speaker’s summary:
In recent years, China has been pursuing something altogether new — becoming the world’s first electro state. This has been done with all kinds of generating sources, but one area of growth stands out: nuclear power. Over the past decade, China has emerged as the No. 1 builder of atomic energy stations. The country is now seen as a decade or more ahead of the West on new types of reactor designs, and looks likely to begin exporting its technology in the coming years. This talk will go over how China’s nuclear energy push began and what the future holds.  

Speaker’s Bio:
Alexander C. Kaufman is an award-winning journalist and writer who has covered energy and climate change on four continents. He is currently the senior energy reporter at the news website HuffPost, and was the inaugural recipient of the East-West Center’s Melvin M.S. Goo Writing Fellowship. A fourth-generation New Yorker, he lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, with his wife. You can follow his work on X or Bluesky at the username @AlexCKaufman or subscribe to his newsletter at kaufman.substack.com.

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