China has a commanding lead in developing and manufacturing a wide range of green solutions, including electric cars, solar panels and batteries, as well as materials essential to the energy transition like rare earth minerals. Advanced nuclear reactors are one of the few areas where it has yet to attain a similar major advantage.
There are many hurdles for the nuclear industry globally, including regulatory approvals, building a supply chain for next-generation fuel and, in the case of fusion, delivering net-energy in the first place.
