China has world's second largest number of nuclear power units: official

BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- China has the second largest number of nuclear power units in operation or under construction in the world, Tang Bo, an official with the National Nuclear Safety Administration, said on Tuesday.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 29th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE), Tang said that, as of June this year, China had 54 nuclear power units in operation, and 23 were under construction.