Key facts
- Hu Po is founder of Weilan NuEnergy, a Shanghai-based start-up working on small modular reactors.
- Hu said more than 20 Chinese start-ups are developing small modular reactors.
- Hu said the 2024 artificial intelligence boom raised energy demand and drew substantial capital into US nuclear power.
More than 20 Chinese start-ups are developing small modular reactors, according to Hu Po, founder of Weilan NuEnergy, a Shanghai-based start-up working on the technology. Hu's comments appeared in a report published November 12, 2026.
Hu said the artificial intelligence boom drove up energy demand in 2024, and that nuclear power, particularly SMRs, began to attract substantial capital in the United States as a result. He said that in China, the start-up teams...
The published text ends mid-sentence at that point, so Hu's account of the Chinese start-up teams is not available.