Comments on: Green Hops: Emissions Exchanges, Nuke Dreams, Siemens http://greenleapforward.com/2008/08/07/green-hops-emissions-exchanges-nuke-dreams-siemens/ Tracking the emerging technological, commercial, political and social revolution that is greening China's red-hot economy. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:52:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Crossroads http://greenleapforward.com/2008/08/07/green-hops-emissions-exchanges-nuke-dreams-siemens/#comment-320 Crossroads Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:51:06 +0000 http://greenleapforward.com/?p=109#comment-320 Further to the nukes question. There was a lot of discussion 2-3 years ago about the "pioneering" technology behind soft pebble bed technologies that had been "perfected" here. Supposedly cheaper, more efficient, and easier to knock up (in the construction sense), the chatter seems to have died as German and US firms are given huge contracts. Any insight on this? r www.china-crossroads.com Further to the nukes question. There was a lot of discussion 2-3 years ago about the “pioneering” technology behind soft pebble bed technologies that had been “perfected” here.

Supposedly cheaper, more efficient, and easier to knock up (in the construction sense), the chatter seems to have died as German and US firms are given huge contracts.

Any insight on this?

r
http://www.china-crossroads.com

]]> By: Charlie http://greenleapforward.com/2008/08/07/green-hops-emissions-exchanges-nuke-dreams-siemens/#comment-305 Charlie Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:11:28 +0000 http://greenleapforward.com/?p=109#comment-305 I think one of the reasons for the increased push for nukes from the National Energy Administration (or Bureau: they don't seem to have settled on the appropriate translation yet) is that its new head, Zhang Guobao, had nuclear power under his jursidiction in one of his Vice Ministrial roles at the NDRC. I think one of the reasons for the increased push for nukes from the National Energy Administration (or Bureau: they don’t seem to have settled on the appropriate translation yet) is that its new head, Zhang Guobao, had nuclear power under his jursidiction in one of his Vice Ministrial roles at the NDRC.

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