That is two and a half times more nuclear reactors under construction than any other country.
China was just getting started as the United States nuclear industry began to take a back seat.
Power follows demand, so the new nuclear reactors tend to be built where fast-developing economies need power to fuel their growth.
For the United States to win the export business, it must prove it can put steel in the ground in the United States.
"We and our close nuclear energy allies are at what I think is just the start of a fierce competition for supremacy in global nuclear energy export markets," Kotek said.
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