Next-Gen Nuclear Power Plant Breaks Ground In China

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Posted by timothy on Monday April 20, 2009 @02:09AM from the plenty-safe-bye-now-call-later dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The construction of first next-generation Westinghouse nuclear power reactor breaks ground in Sanmen, China. The reactor, expected to generate 12.7 Megawatts by 2013, costs 40 billion Yuan (~US$6 billion; that's a lot of iPods.) According to Westinghouse, 'The AP1000 is the safest and most economical nuclear power plant available in the worldwide commercial marketplace, and is the only Generation III+ reactor to receive Design Certification from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.' However, Chinese netizens suspect China is being used as a white rat to test unproven nuclear technologies (comments in Chinese)." Update: 04/20 07:28 GMT by T : As several readers have pointed out, this plant will generate much more than 12.7 Megawatts -- more like 1100 MWe.

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Fun with acronyms. (Score:2, Funny)

by palegray.net ( 1195047 ) writes: <philip...paradis@@@palegray...net> on Monday April 20, 2009 @02:11AM (#27642223) Homepage Journal

Nexr-Gen Nuclear Power Plant
Is "Nexr" either an acronym or abbreviation for something I should be aware of, or is this a "typo in title" case?

Re:Fun with acronyms. (Score:4, Funny)

by jae471 ( 1102461 ) writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @02:17AM (#27642239) Journal

Either way, people may want to consider getting on the nexr plane out of China...
In all seriousness, 12.7 MW seems rather small for a $6 billion price tag.

Units? (Score:5, Funny)

by Quiet_Desperation ( 858215 ) writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @02:19AM (#27642253)

12.7 MW sounds a bit low. Even a DeLorean could generate 1.21 GW.
But seriously, my home entertainment center uses more than that. Well, OK, not so seriously. But still, I'm just sayin.

Re:Fun with acronyms. (Score:5, Funny)

by palegray.net ( 1195047 ) writes: <philip...paradis@@@palegray...net> on Monday April 20, 2009 @02:26AM (#27642277) Homepage Journal

Fool, they're not running Vista on the control system. They're running a pirated copy of the Windows 7 beta. Get it straight.

Does Steve Jobs know... (Score:3, Funny)

by __aaclcg7560 ( 824291 ) writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @02:37AM (#27642315)

(~US$6 billion; that's a lot of iPods.)

That iPods have become an international currency? Maybe I should cash out my collection of iPods...

Oops (Score:3, Funny)

by Tubal-Cain ( 1289912 ) writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @02:37AM (#27642317) Journal

Next-Gen Nuclear Power Plant Breaks Ground In China
So... it was a surface detonation instead of a standard air detonation?

Re:Fun with acronyms. (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @02:37AM (#27642319)

Please do your own damn history homework.

Re:12 megawatts? (Score:3, Funny)

by aliquis ( 678370 ) writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @02:38AM (#27642325)

12 MW, 1200 MW, big deal.

Re:Fun with acronyms. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @02:38AM (#27642329)

Just wait for Italy to switch nuclear. Just wait...

Re:Does Steve Jobs know... (Score:3, Funny)

by WindBourne ( 631190 ) writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @02:42AM (#27642353) Journal

Only if you bought them in China and then sold them in America or EU. Otherwise, you will lose money.

iPods? WTH? (Score:5, Funny)

by NilObject ( 522433 ) writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @02:59AM (#27642459)

Since when did iPods become a unit of measurement?
"That kid was hit by a 2-ton truck. That's a lot of iPods!"

China vs US nuke policy (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @03:00AM (#27642461)

I had to laugh when a Chinese visitor recently said to me:
"I see you're going back to the windmill in Britain. We Chinese cannot afford that."

Re:WTF? (Score:3, Funny)

by clarkkent09 ( 1104833 ) * writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @03:02AM (#27642467)

Don't worry, given the usual quality of slashdot summaries, cutting them in half is probably an improvement.

Re:Does Steve Jobs know... (Score:4, Funny)

by bitrex ( 859228 ) writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @03:34AM (#27642597)

1.21 Jigawatts is equal to approximately 47,000 mega ExplodingIpodBatteries, which is about 7.8 Burning Libraries Of Congress. These units of energy are of course in the US standard micro-10-fully-loaded-18-wheelers^2*milli-footballfield^2*deci-time-it-takes-you-to-fix-a-cup-of-coffee^-2.

Re:Fun with acronyms. (Score:5, Funny)

by fractoid ( 1076465 ) writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @04:15AM (#27642807) Homepage

Nah, the typo is later. The full title should be "Nexr-Gen Nucrear Power Prant".

Doc Brown doesn't care (Score:4, Funny)

by CarpetShark ( 865376 ) writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @05:15AM (#27643041)

12 MW, 1200 MW, big deal.
Yeah. At the end of the day, they're both guitar amps that'll blow you across the workshop.

Re:Units? (Score:3, Funny)

by auric_dude ( 610172 ) writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @05:17AM (#27643053)

Now "pulling 12.7 Megawatts out of thin air" may imply use of cold fusion, use of a ZPM, or some other form of Exotic Matter power source or it might not.

Re:Fun with acronyms. (Score:2, Funny)

by daveime ( 1253762 ) writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @06:05AM (#27643295)

"Flied lice ? It is fried rice, you plick !"

Re:Units? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @07:44AM (#27643731)

This thread sums up the usual Slashdot inaccurate myths about solar panels in one set of replies. Very convenient!

Re:Fun with acronyms. (Score:3, Funny)

by Miseph ( 979059 ) writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @12:55PM (#27648063) Journal

"And that exclusion zone is busily turning into a forest with flourishing widllife"
Happy, healthy, multi-headed wildlife.

Re:Fun with acronyms. (Score:4, Funny)

by daveime ( 1253762 ) writes: on Monday April 20, 2009 @02:04PM (#27649223)

It's a quote from Lethal Weapon 4, spoken by a Chinese no less. Damn mod needs a frontal labotomy ... or perhaps he's already had one !

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Fun with acronyms. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Fun with acronyms. (Score:4, Funny)

Units? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Fun with acronyms. (Score:5, Funny)

Does Steve Jobs know... (Score:3, Funny)

Oops (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Fun with acronyms. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:12 megawatts? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Fun with acronyms. (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Does Steve Jobs know... (Score:3, Funny)

iPods? WTH? (Score:5, Funny)

China vs US nuke policy (Score:1, Funny)

Re:WTF? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Does Steve Jobs know... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Fun with acronyms. (Score:5, Funny)

Doc Brown doesn't care (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Units? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Fun with acronyms. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Units? (Score:1, Funny)

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