Comments on U.S. nuclear export controls on China

June 9, 2025, 3:00PMANS Nuclear Cafe
The first of four planned Chinese-made Hualong-1 units at the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant began operation earlier this year. (Photo: China National Nuclear Corporation/Xinhua)

As trade negotiations are in the works between the United States and China, Washington, D.C., has the advantage in semiconductors but nuclear power is a different story, according to a June 9 article in the Hong Kong–based South China Morning Post.