Chinese scientists have complete a breakthrough in spent fuel reprocessing technology that could potentially resolve China's uranium provide difficulty, state television reported on Monday. The technology, developed and experienced at the No.404 Factory of China National Nuclear Corp in the Gobi wilderness in remote Gansu province, allow the re use of irradiated fuel and is capable to boost the usage rate of uranium materials at nuclear plants by 60 folds. "With the fresh technology, China's existing detect uranium resources can be use for 3,000 years," Chinese Central Television report.
China, as well as France, the United Kingdom and Russia, actively supports reprocessing as a means for the management of extremely radioactive spent fuel and as a basis of fissile cloth for future nuclear fuel deliver. But independent scientists argue that commercial request of nuclear fuel reprocessing has always been hindered by cost, technology, propagation risk and safety challenges. China has 171,400 tons of established uranium resources spread mainly in eight province Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Liaoning and Yunnan.
China is planning a huge push into nuclear power in an effort to wean itself off coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel. It now has 12 working reactors with 10.15 gigawatt of total generate ability. China has set an official aim of 40 gigawatts (GW) of install nuclear make capacity by 2020, but the government indicate it could twice the goal to about 80 GW as faster growth was one of the more feasible solutions for achieving emissions decrease goals. As such, China will require to source more than 60 percent of the uranium wanted for its nuclear power plants from overseas by 2020, even if the country move onward with a diffident nuclear expansion plan, Chinese researchers say.
China, as well as France, the United Kingdom and Russia, actively supports reprocessing as a means for the management of extremely radioactive spent fuel and as a basis of fissile cloth for future nuclear fuel deliver. But independent scientists argue that commercial request of nuclear fuel reprocessing has always been hindered by cost, technology, propagation risk and safety challenges. China has 171,400 tons of established uranium resources spread mainly in eight province Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Liaoning and Yunnan.
China is planning a huge push into nuclear power in an effort to wean itself off coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel. It now has 12 working reactors with 10.15 gigawatt of total generate ability. China has set an official aim of 40 gigawatts (GW) of install nuclear make capacity by 2020, but the government indicate it could twice the goal to about 80 GW as faster growth was one of the more feasible solutions for achieving emissions decrease goals. As such, China will require to source more than 60 percent of the uranium wanted for its nuclear power plants from overseas by 2020, even if the country move onward with a diffident nuclear expansion plan, Chinese researchers say.
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