CHINA-NUCLEAR:CHINA BUILDING SMALL NUCLEAR REACTOR ON HAINAN ISLAND
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The state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on July 18, that it has started construction of China's first demonstration SMR at the Changjiang nuclear facility in Hainan as part of efforts to diversify the nuclear sector. The project was originally scheduled to go into construction in 2017. The Changjiang nuclear facility in Hainan will be used to “verify the design, manufacture, construction and operation of the technology and accumulate valuable experience in small nuclear power plants". CNNC hopes the reactor - “Linglong One” - will eventually stand alongside its bigger third-generation “Hualong One” model.
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