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While we were driving through China, we had to have seen at least 4-5 different nuclear power plants. They were obvious from their massive cooling towers. In some cases, they were located right next to the street and appeared to have no obvious security. Kinda strange.

After we returned to the US, we did some research to see if China is actually utilizing more nuclear power than the US. Surprisingly, mainland China has only nine nuclear power reactors in commercial operation. So apparently, we saw over half of them during our trip! Although you rarely see them in the US, over 100 nuclear reactors are in operation that provide almost 20% of our electricity.

Here are some pics of a couple of Chinese power plants that I took from the bus. This one is only yards away.

And here’s another from a distance…