11.5 Importance of an East Asia Nuclear Security System
11.5.1 The State of Nuclear Power in China
Figure 11.5 shows the distribution of nuclear power plants in China, Japan, and
Korea. Nuclear power in China has gone through three stages of development and is
now entering a period of active and rapid development. In the early 1970s, China
began independent research and development, design, and construction of
Fig. 11.4 Number of accidental events of each reactor type according to operational period at the
time of event
Fig. 11.5 Distribution of nuclear power plants in Japan, China, and Korea
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