Driven by AI energy demands and global needs for reliable power, China is on track to become the world's leading nuclear energy producer, potentially surpassing the US within five years. China currently has nearly half of the world's new nuclear reactors under construction.

China is expected to overtake the United States as the world’s nuclear power leader, as the AI boom and war in the Middle East renew a global push for reliable energy sources, according to a new report. While the US maintained the world’s largest operational fleet of nuclear reactors, China now accounted for nearly half of all those under construction globally and was expected to match American capacity within five years, Gavekal Technologies said on Monday. “By a wide margin, China will have...