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2 天之前 · Fourth unit at Zhangzhou under construction. The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 4 at the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in Fujian province, China National Nuclear Corporation announced. The plant will eventually house six Hualong One reactors. New Nuclear · Friday, 27 September 2024.
China's demonstration HTR-PM enters commercial operation
2024年9月12日 · It follows a successful 168-hour demonstration run for the High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor - Pebble-bed Module (HTR-PM) in Shidao Bay (also known as Shidaowan), in Shandong Province, which is currently operating at 2×200 MWt power. The HTR-PM features two small reactors (each of 250 MWt) that drive a single 210 MWe steam turbine.
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2024年9月30日 · Study highlights benefits of nuclear district heating. Nuclear is much cleaner and has less environmental impacts over the life cycle of the production than other energy sources for the Finnish and European district heating markets, a study by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has concluded. Energy & Environment · Friday, 12 July 2024.
Chinese molten-salt reactor cleared for start up
A cutaway of the TMSR-LF1 reactor (Image: SINAP) In January 2011, CAS launched a CNY3 billion (USD444 million) R&D programme on liquid fluoride thorium reactors (LFTRs), known there as the thorium-breeding molten-salt reactor (Th-MSR or TMSR), and claimed to have the world's largest national effort on it, hoping to obtain full intellectual property rights on the technology.
China's demonstration HTR-PM reaches full power
2024年9月10日 · China's demonstration HTR-PM reaches full power. Friday, 9 December 2022. The demonstration High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor-Pebble-bed Module (HTR-PM) at the Shidaowan site in Shandong province of China has reached full power with "stable operation under the mode of 'two reactors with one machine'". The site is on the coast in north east ...
Nuclear battery: Chinese firm aiming for mass market production
2024年9月9日 · Tuesday, 16 January 2024. Beijing Betavolt New Energy Technology Company Ltd claims to have developed a miniature atomic energy battery that can generate electricity stably and autonomously for 50 years without the need for charging or maintenance. It said the battery is currently in the pilot stage and will be put into mass production on the ...
UK SMR selection contest: Six companies into next stage
2024年9月12日 · Monday, 2 October 2023. EDF, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy International LLC, Holtec Britain Limited, NuScale Power, Rolls Royce SMR and Westinghouse Electric Company UK Limited are now to be invited to bid for UK government contracts in the next stage of the process. How each of the six designs might look (Composite image: Holtec, Rolls-Royce ...
India's long-term development strategy sees nuclear expansion
2024年9月18日 · Tuesday, 15 November 2022. The long-term low-emission development strategy - or LT-LEDS - submitted by India to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change includes a three-fold increase in nuclear energy capacity by 2032 and will also explore the potential deployment of small modular nuclear reactors.
Europe's first EPR reaches criticality - World Nuclear News
2024年9月10日 · Inside OL3, Finland's newest nuclear plant (Image: TVO) "First criticality of the OL3 EPR plant unit was reached on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 3.22 a.m.", utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) announced. Electricity production will begin when the unit is connected to the national grid, which is expected to happen at the end of January 2022.
<p>AtkinsRéalis unveils new advanced Candu design</p>
2024年9月19日 · AtkinsRéalis unveils new advanced Candu design. Tuesday, 28 November 2023. The 1000 MW Candu Monark, a Generation III+ reactor with the highest output of any Candu technology, is currently in the definition phase, the company said at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris, and will feature simplified construction and a 70-year operating life.