The United States currently has one nuclear reactor under construction, the fourth reactor at the Vogtle power plant in Georgia, which will be able to generate just over 1 gigawatt. (For the sake of comparison, a gigawatt is about enough to power a mid-sized city.) "China is the ...
The high-temperature gas-cooled reactor, designed at prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing, was on display at a location near the Great Wall, roughly 40 km north of downtown Beijing, China. More than 60 atomic energy experts from over 30 countries watched the safety operation, in which ...
HAIKOU, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Assembly of the core module of the world's first commercial small modular reactor (SMR), Linglong One, was completed on Thursday, according to its developer, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). This marks the peak of the installation process of Linglon...
The reactor has met the standard of the Generic Design Assessment (GDA), according to a joint statement issued on Monday by the British Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and the Environment Agency (EA). Before being put into use, the new technology must pass the assessment led by the ON...
Bangkok —China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship, in the clearest sign yet Beijing is advancing toward producing its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery and Chinese government documents provided to The ...
The No. 5 unit is the world's first pilot project using China's indigenous third-generation nuclear power technology Hualong One, also known as HPR1000. Loading of nuclear fuel is to load the fresh nuclear fuel assembly into the reactor pressure vessel, enabling the nuclear...
China will open 12 nuclear research facilities and testing platforms to international scientists and institutions to enhance global cooperation, a senior Chinese official said in Vienna on Monday. These include the China Advanced Research Reactor, the new-generation tokamak device Huanliu-3, and the ...
A view of China's self-developed Huanliu-3 nuclear fusion reactor, the country's new-generation "artificial sun". (Photo/CMG) China made a breakthrough in controllable nuclear fusion technology on Saturday. Huanliu-3, the country's new-generation "artificial sun," realized high-confinement mo...
NANNING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- A new nuclear power unit using Hualong One, a domestically designed third-generation nuclear reactor, has commenced power generation in the southern Chinese port city of Fangchenggang, paving the way for upcoming commercial operations. ...
Beijing is able to approve as many as 10 new reactors a year, the chairman of China National Nuclear Corp. said last week, which wouldacceleratean already impressive expansion of atomic energy. The nation has 36 reactors under development, and is expected to leapfrog France and the US to bec...