The world’s first small modular reactor (SMR) is under construction and, surprise, surprise, it’s energy-hungry China that leads the way.
While China’s love affair with coal-fired power looks like a marriage that will last a lifetime, the CCP is also building nuclear plants, hand over first. And not just the 1,000MW plus industrial-scale reactors it needs to drive its economic miracle.
China looks set to develop the technology to build SMRs at a scale that promises to shake up power generation and delivery, for generations to come.
The World’s First Small Nuclear Reactor Is Now Under Construction
Oil Price
Charles
Kennedy
13 July 2021
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) launched on Tuesday the construction of the first onshore small nuclear reactor in the world, in its efforts to gain a leading position in the modular reactors market.
Construction began on the demonstration project at the Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant in…
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