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Chinese pebble-bed nuclear reactor passes "meltdown" test
“meltdown” test New testing done at China’s Shidaowan nuclear power plant has confirmed its ability to be naturally cooled down, an industry-first milestone for achieving commercial-scale inherent safety, according to researchers. The Shidaowan plant, a demonstration high-temperature, gas-cooled reactor with a pebble-bed module (HTR-PM), went into commercial operation last December.
New testing done at China’s Shidaowan nuclear power plant has confirmed its ability to be naturally cooled down, an industry-first milestone for achieving commercial-scale inherent safety, according to researchers. The study: Researchers at Tsinghua University in China performed two safety tests on the Shidaowan plant’s reactor modules by shutting off active power supply to see if the decay heat could be removed passively. X-energy is also working with Energy Northwest under a joint development agreement to bring up to 12 of the Xe-100 small modular reactors to Washington state.
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