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On the same site, the building of a second 600 MW fast reactor CFR-600 was started in December 2020<ref name="wnn2">{{cite news|title=China starts building second CFR-600 fast reactor |url=https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/China-starts-building-second-CFR-600-fast-reactor|access-date=29 December 2020|work=www.world-nuclear-news.org}}</ref> and four 1000 MW [[AP1000|CAP1000]] are proposed.<ref name="CCCC_12-03-2015">''[https://www.fhdigz.com/en/company_news_detail.php?id=92 CCCC-FHDI wins bid for quot;feasibility study of offshore engineering of 600MW fast reactor nuclear power demonstration project in Xiapu]'', 12.03.2015. ([https://archive.today/20171230200610/http://www.fhdigz.com/EN/company_news_detail.php?id=92 Archived Version] on [https://archive.today/ archive.is]).</ref> |
On the same site, the building of a second 600 MW fast reactor CFR-600 was started in December 2020<ref name="wnn2">{{cite news|title=China starts building second CFR-600 fast reactor |url=https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/China-starts-building-second-CFR-600-fast-reactor|access-date=29 December 2020|work=www.world-nuclear-news.org}}</ref> and four 1000 MW [[AP1000|CAP1000]] are proposed.<ref name="CCCC_12-03-2015">''[https://www.fhdigz.com/en/company_news_detail.php?id=92 CCCC-FHDI wins bid for quot;feasibility study of offshore engineering of 600MW fast reactor nuclear power demonstration project in Xiapu]'', 12.03.2015. ([https://archive.today/20171230200610/http://www.fhdigz.com/EN/company_news_detail.php?id=92 Archived Version] on [https://archive.today/ archive.is]).</ref> |
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There are series concerns from the West that these breeder reactors will be used to produce weapon grade plutonium for nuclear weapon manufacturing purposes. <ref>https://spectrum.ieee.org/china-breeder-reactor#:~:text=They%20could%20also%20make%20weapons%2Dgrade%20plutonium&text=This%20is%20where%20the%20China,grade%20plutonium%20there%20very%20soon.</ref> |
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== Reactors == |
== Reactors == |
Revision as of 17:07, 12 January 2023
China Fast Reactor 600 (CFR-600) | |
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Generation | Generation IV |
Reactor concept | Fast breeder reactor |
Status | Under construction |
Location | Xiapu County, Fujian province, China |
Coordinates | 26°48′13″N 120°09′18″E / 26.80361°N 120.15500°E |
Main parameters of the reactor core | |
Fuel (fissile material) | UO2 (initial stage) MOX (later stage) |
Neutron energy spectrum | Fast |
Primary coolant | Liquid sodium |
Reactor usage | |
Power (thermal) | 1500 MWth |
Power (electric) | 600 MWe gross |
The CFR-600 is a sodium-cooled pool-type fast-neutron nuclear reactor under construction in Xiapu County, Fujian province, China, on Changbiao Island.[1][2] It is a generation IV demonstration project by the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). The project is also known as Xiapu fast reactor pilot project.[2] Construction of the reactor started in late 2017. The reactor will have an output of 1500 MWth thermal power and 600 MW electric power.[1][2] The fuel will be supplied by TVEL, subsidiary of Rosatom, according to the agreement signed in 2019.
The CFR-600 is part of the Chinese plan to reach a closed nuclear fuel cycle. Fast neutron reactors are considered the main technology in the future for nuclear power in China.
A larger commercial-scale reactor, the CFR-1000, is also planned.[2]
On the same site, the building of a second 600 MW fast reactor CFR-600 was started in December 2020[3] and four 1000 MW CAP1000 are proposed.[4]
There are series concerns from the West that these breeder reactors will be used to produce weapon grade plutonium for nuclear weapon manufacturing purposes. [5]
Reactors
Unit | Type | Net capacity | Gross capacity | Thermal capacity | Construction Start | Operation Start | Notes |
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XIAPU-1 | FBR | 642 MWe | 682 MWe | 1882 MWt | 2017-12-29 | [6] | |
XIAPU-2 | FBR | 642 MWe | 682 MWe | 1882 MWt | 2020-12-27 | [3] |
Controversy
AlJazeera reported in 2021 that the reactors are controversial because they will produce weapons-grade plutonium, so likely have a dual military and civilian use, and China has stopped annual voluntary declarations to the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] on its stocks of plutonium.[7]
See also
- Nuclear power in China
- China Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR)
- BN-600 reactor
- BN-1200 reactor
- Integral fast reactor
- List of nuclear reactors#China
References
- ^ a b "CFR-600 (China Institute of Atomic Energy, China)" (PDF). IAEA. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d "China begins building pilot fast reactor". www.world-nuclear-news.org. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ a b "China starts building second CFR-600 fast reactor". www.world-nuclear-news.org. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ CCCC-FHDI wins bid for quot;feasibility study of offshore engineering of 600MW fast reactor nuclear power demonstration project in Xiapu, 12.03.2015. (Archived Version on archive.is).
- ^ https://spectrum.ieee.org/china-breeder-reactor#:~:text=They%20could%20also%20make%20weapons%2Dgrade%20plutonium&text=This%20is%20where%20the%20China,grade%20plutonium%20there%20very%20soon.
- ^ "PRIS - Reactor Details". pris.iaea.org. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ "Concerns grow over China nuclear reactors shrouded in mystery".