All the radar systems, lighthouses, barracks, ports and airfields that China has set up on its newly built island chain in the South China Sea require tremendous amounts of electricity, which is hard to come by in a place hundreds of miles from the country’s power grid.
Beijing may have come up with a solution: floating nuclear power plants.
A state-owned company, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, is planning to build a fleet of the vessels to provide electricity to remote locations [...]
— nytimes.com
Previously in the Archinect news:
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what could possibly go wrong?
Almost as toxic as this boat.
Observant (and old) Archinectors will see a Starchitect connection to the very first guest star at 0:06.
Oh neat, I never knew that! Thanks, citizen.
Great, Fukushima-At-Large!
Welcome aboard Plutonium Cruises, where you'll have the time of your (half) life. So much fun, you'll be glowing!
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