LAST Monday, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that China is planning to build a fleet of up to 20 floating nuclear power plants 'that could power military facilities in the South China Sea,' attributing the news to a report in The Washington Post.
LAST Monday, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that China is planning to build a fleet of up to 20 floating nuclear power plants 'that could power military facilities in the South China Sea,' attributing the news to a report in The Washington Post. The Washington Post, in turn, attributed the news to 'State Department officials' and the recently retired commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, Adm. John Aquilino.
'The hesitance on the part of the government was, according to the SCMP report and other sources, driven by the perceived risk to placing some of the nuclear plants in the South China Sea.... To be clear, this explanation has not been publicly offered by the government directly, but only by the team managing the project.
China Is Not Building Floating Nuke Plants
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