{"id":99644,"date":"2025-08-27T12:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/99644\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T12:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:43:09","slug":"china-tests-meltdown-proof-tech-for-nuclear-waste-recycling-fast-reactor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/99644\/","title":{"rendered":"China tests meltdown-proof tech for nuclear waste-recycling fast reactor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China has tested a new residual heat removal system that could make its next-generation, radioactive waste-recycling nuclear power plants more meltdown-proof.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The China Institute of Atomic Energy said it \u201crecently\u201d conducted the simulation of a passive heat removal system for fast nuclear reactors, calling it a breakthrough in the development of a fourth-generation nuclear plant with a closed-loop fuel cycle.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThis is the first proof-of-principle test in China for a new passive residual heat removal technology for [integral] fast reactors,\u201d the institute wrote on Monday, although it did not state when the simulation took place.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">While conventional thermal reactors, cooled by water, use slow neutrons to maintain a nuclear chain reaction, fast reactors use high-energy neutrons, allowing them to be more fuel-efficient.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Some fast reactors can act as a breeder, meaning the nuclear fuel that is consumed is turned into more fissile material, which can be reused.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The nuclear power plant in Qinshan, Zhejiang province, in 2023. Photo: China National Nuclear Corporation\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/f70ed18a-1381-4854-b6eb-2ca54916c4fb_c8e276a5.jpg\" title=\"The nuclear power plant in Qinshan, Zhejiang province, in 2023. Photo: China National Nuclear Corporation\"\/>The nuclear power plant in Qinshan, Zhejiang province, in 2023. Photo: China National Nuclear Corporation<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Integral fast reactors use liquid metal as a coolant, typically sodium. 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