The pebble bed reactor: China’s ac • Table.Briefings

The new Shidao Bay nuclear power plant in Shandong province went online. Here is a model.

Beijing continues to focus on nuclear power as part of its energy transition. New reactor types are supposed to make nuclear energy safe. The first commercially utilized high-temperature reactor has now been connected to the grid.

China has taken the lead in the global race for innovative reactor designs. According to Chinese media reports, the world’s first fourth-generation reactor went online in Shidao Bay in the province of Shandong. It is a high-temperature reactor – the same technology that Germany tested in the 1980s and subsequently abandoned.

The pebble bed reactor: China’s ace in the race for modern nuclear power plants

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