China revives abandoned HTGR nuclear technology in safe power drive


China’s first high-temperature gas-cooled reactor will be the world’s only one in commercial operation when it is connected to the country’s power grid this month.

It remains to be seen how the facility – at the Shidaowan nuclear power plant in the eastern province of Shandong – performs, but similar projects in the US closed down decades ago.

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