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Originally Posted by Michaelangelica
Are China's new nuclear Reactors using pebble- bed technology?
I have the feeling that they are not??
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Mmmm...don't forget to look before you feelp?
In fact, China
is pursuing PBR technology.
Wired 12.09: Let a Thousand Reactors Bloom
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Originally Posted by Spencer Reiss
...To meet that growing demand, China's leaders are pursuing two strategies. They're turning to established nuke plant makers like AECL, Framatome, Mitsubishi, and Westinghouse, which supplied key technology for China's nine existing atomic power facilities. But they're also pursuing a second, more audacious course. Physicists and engineers at Beijing's Tsinghua University have made the first great leap forward in a quarter century, building a new nuclear power facility that promises to be a better way to harness the atom: a pebble-bed reactor. ...
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