Economist: EARLIER this month work began at a big construction site in Shandong province, south-east of Beijing. In a country overflowing with infrastructure projects, that seems unremarkable. Except the workers are restarting construction of a nuclear plant using a radical new design developed by Beijings Tsinghua University. This showcase of indigenous innovation is the clearest signal yet that Chinas nuclear power is about to take off again.
Before 2011 Chinas leaders were dead keen on it, hoping...