The U.S. is more than a decade behind China in its development ... All told, the report estimates that China is likely 10 to 15 years ahead of the U.S. in nuclear power and is on track to overtake ...

China has now surpassed France in terms of generation, though not capacity; it still lags behind the US ... Power is building reactors that use molten salt as a coolant for small nuclear reactors ...

(Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, file) The United States is at least a decade and up to 15 years behind China in nuclear power, specifically rolling out next generation reactors ...