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Presenter warns U.S. is falling behind China in reactor construction
Summary
The keynote contrasted Chinese nuclear build-out figures—claims of dozens of reactors and hundreds of gigawatts in various stages—with the U.S., which the presenter said has only a single reactor under construction; he used the comparison to call for urgent U.S. action.
Presenter used numerical comparisons to argue the U.S. is lagging in nuclear construction. He said, as an example, that "China right now has 30 nuclear reactors under construction, 34 gigawatts of power," and later referenced additional reactors in the pipeline and proposed projects.
He contrasted those counts with the U.S. status, rhetorically asking, "How many reactors do we have under construction right now? You're looking at him. 1, poured concrete." He used that contrast to urge a change in national choices and greater investment in nuclear infrastructure.
