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To: Goose94 who wrote (99999)	1/1/2021 6:24:04 AM
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Good News for Uranium: China starts building second demonstration fast reactor Construction work has started on a second CFR-600 fast-neutron reactor at Xiapu in Fujian province. These comprise China’s demonstration fast reactor (CDFR) project, part of a plan to achieve a closed nuclear fuel cycle. Construction of unit 1 started in late 2017. They are sodium-cooled, pool-type reactors, with fuel from TVEL, a subsidiary of Russia's Rosatom, China's research and development on fast neutron reactors started early, and a 65 MWt fast neutron reactor - the Chinese Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR) - was designed by 2003 and built near Beijing by Russia's OKBM Afrikantov in collaboration with OKB Gidropress, NIKIET and the Kurchatov Institute. It achieved first criticality in July 2010 and was grid-connected a year later to supply 20 MWe. Ongoing fuel is mixed-oxide (MOX). The two CDFR units are the next step in China Institute of Atomic Energy's (CIAE) program. Xiapu 1 is expected to be grid-connected in 2023. The reactors will be 1500 MWt, 600 MWe, with high thermal efficiency, using mixed oxide (MOX) fuel with 100 GWd/t burn-up. Later fuel will be metal with higher burn-up. Breeding ratio is about 1.1, design operational lifetime 40 years. Russia is the world’s leader in fast-neutron reactor technology and has helped China considerably in this. However, the CDFR project represents a distinct Chinese step forward independent of established Russian designs though it still draws on Russian assistance. When the CDFR is proven, a CFR-1000 is envisaged as a full commercial design with almost twice the power. CIAE projections show a rapid expansion of fast reactors from mid-century, taking over from conventional reactors, but this is not official policy. WNN 29/12/20. world-nuclear.org world-nuclear.org