{"id":10131,"date":"2025-05-01T10:53:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T10:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/a-long-abandoned-us-nuclear-technology-is-making-a-comeback-in-china\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T10:53:05","slug":"a-long-abandoned-us-nuclear-technology-is-making-a-comeback-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/it\/a-long-abandoned-us-nuclear-technology-is-making-a-comeback-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"A long-abandoned US nuclear technology is making a comeback in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China has once again beat everyone else to a clean energy milestone\u2014its new nuclear reactor is reportedly one of the first to use thorium instead of uranium as a fuel and the first of its kind that can be refueled while it\u2019s running.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an interesting (if decidedly experimental) development out of a country that\u2019s edging toward becoming the world leader in nuclear energy. China has now surpassed France in terms of generation, though not capacity; it still lags behind the US in both categories. But one recurring theme in media coverage about the reactor struck me, because it\u2019s so familiar: <strong>This technology was invented decades ago, and then abandoned.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can basically copy and paste that line into countless stories about today\u2019s advanced reactor technology. Molten-salt cooling systems? Invented in the mid-20th century but never commercialized. Same for several alternative fuels, like TRISO. And, of course, there\u2019s thorium.<\/p>\n<p>This one research reactor in China running with an alternative fuel says a lot about this moment for nuclear energy technology: <strong>Many groups are looking into the past for technologies, with a new appetite for building them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, it\u2019s important to note that China is <em>the <\/em>hot spot for nuclear energy right now. While the US still has the most operational reactors in the world, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.php?id=61927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China is catching up quickly.<\/a> The country is building reactors at a remarkable clip and currently has more reactors under construction than any other country by far. Just this week, China approved<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sustainability\/boards-policy-regulation\/china-approves-building-10-new-nuclear-power-units-27-billion-2025-04-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> 10 new reactors<\/a>, totaling over $27 billion in investment.<\/p>\n<p>China is also leading the way for some advanced reactor technologies (that category includes basically anything that deviates from the standard blueprint of what\u2019s on the grid today: large reactors that use enriched uranium for fuel and high-pressure water to keep the reactor cool). High-temperature reactors that use gas as a coolant are one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.world-nuclear-news.org\/Articles\/Chinese-HTR-PM-Demo-begins-commercial-operation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">major area of focus for China<\/a>\u2014a few reactors that use this technology have recently started up, and more are in the planning stages or under construction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, Chinese state media is reporting that scientists in the country reached a milestone with a thorium-based reactor<\/strong>. The reactor came online in June 2024, but researchers say it recently went through refueling without shutting down. (Conventional reactors generally need to be stopped to replenish the fuel supply.) The project\u2019s lead scientists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3306933\/no-quick-wins-china-has-worlds-first-operational-thorium-nuclear-reactor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared the results<\/a> during a closed meeting at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll emphasize here that this isn\u2019t some massive power plant: This reactor is tiny. It generates just two megawatts of heat\u2014less than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2023\/08\/10\/1077681\/inside-mit-nuclear-reactor-laboratory\/?utm_source=the_spark&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_spark.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_content=*%7Cdate:m-d-y%7C*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">research reactor on MIT\u2019s campus<\/a>, which rings in at six megawatts. (To be fair, MIT\u2019s is one of the largest university research reactors in the US, but still \u2026 it\u2019s small.)<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, progress is progress for thorium reactors, as the world has been entirely focused on uranium for the last 50 years or so.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the original research on thorium came out of the US, which pumped resources into all sorts of different reactor technologies in the 1950s and \u201960s. A reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee that ran in the 1960s used Uranium-233 fuel (which can be generated when thorium is bombarded with radiation).<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, though, the world more or less settled on a blueprint for nuclear reactors, focusing on those that use Uranium-238 as fuel and are cooled by water at a high pressure. One reason for the focus on uranium for energy tech? The research could also be applied to nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But now there\u2019s a renewed interest in alternative nuclear technologies, and the thorium-fueled reactor is just one of several examples.<\/strong> A prominent one we\u2019ve covered before: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2024\/11\/28\/1107382\/nuclear-kairos-power\/?utm_source=the_spark&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_spark.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_content=*%7Cdate:m-d-y%7C*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kairos Power<\/a> is building reactors that use molten salt as a coolant for small nuclear reactors, also a technology invented and developed in the 1950s and \u201960s before being abandoned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another old-but-new concept is using high-temperature gas to cool reactors, as X-energy is aiming to do in its proposed power station <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2025\/04\/09\/1114589\/chemical-plant-nuclear\/?utm_source=the_spark&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_spark.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_content=*%7Cdate:m-d-y%7C*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at a chemical plant in Texas<\/a>. (That reactor will be able to be refueled while it\u2019s running, like the new thorium reactor.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some problems from decades ago that contributed to technologies being abandoned will still need to be dealt with today. In the case of molten-salt reactors, for example, it can be tricky to find materials that can withstand the corrosive properties of super-hot salt. For thorium reactors, the process of transforming thorium into U-233 fuel has historically been one of the hurdles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But as early progress shows, the archives could provide fodder for new commercial reactors, and revisiting these old ideas could give the nuclear industry a much-needed boost.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>This article is from The Spark, <\/em>MIT Technology Review<em>\u2019s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday,<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.technologyreview.com\/newsletters\/climate-energy-the-spark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em> sign up here<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has once again beat everyone else to a clean energy milestone\u2014its new nuclear reactor is reportedly one of the first to use thorium instead of uranium as a fuel and the first of its kind that can be refueled while it\u2019s running. It\u2019s an interesting (if decidedly experimental) development out of a country that\u2019s edging toward becoming the world leader in nuclear energy. China has now surpassed France in terms of generation, though not capacity; it still lags behind the US in both categories. But one recurring theme in media coverage about the reactor struck me, because it\u2019s so familiar: This technology was invented decades ago, and then abandoned. You can basically copy and paste that line into countless stories about today\u2019s advanced reactor technology. Molten-salt cooling systems? Invented in the mid-20th century but never commercialized. Same for several alternative fuels, like TRISO. And, of course, there\u2019s thorium. This one research reactor in China running with an alternative fuel says a lot about this moment for nuclear energy technology: Many groups are looking into the past for technologies, with a new appetite for building them. First, it\u2019s important to note that China is the hot spot for nuclear energy right now. While the US still has the most operational reactors in the world, China is catching up quickly. The country is building reactors at a remarkable clip and currently has more reactors under construction than any other country by far. Just this week, China approved 10 new reactors, totaling over $27 billion in investment. China is also leading the way for some advanced reactor technologies (that category includes basically anything that deviates from the standard blueprint of what\u2019s on the grid today: large reactors that use enriched uranium for fuel and high-pressure water to keep the reactor cool). High-temperature reactors that use gas as a coolant are one major area of focus for China\u2014a few reactors that use this technology have recently started up, and more are in the planning stages or under construction. Now, Chinese state media is reporting that scientists in the country reached a milestone with a thorium-based reactor. The reactor came online in June 2024, but researchers say it recently went through refueling without shutting down. (Conventional reactors generally need to be stopped to replenish the fuel supply.) The project\u2019s lead scientists shared the results during a closed meeting at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. I\u2019ll emphasize here that this isn\u2019t some massive power plant: This reactor is tiny. It generates just two megawatts of heat\u2014less than the research reactor on MIT\u2019s campus, which rings in at six megawatts. (To be fair, MIT\u2019s is one of the largest university research reactors in the US, but still \u2026 it\u2019s small.) Regardless, progress is progress for thorium reactors, as the world has been entirely focused on uranium for the last 50 years or so. Much of the original research on thorium came out of the US, which pumped resources into all sorts of different reactor technologies in the 1950s and \u201960s. A reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee that ran in the 1960s used Uranium-233 fuel (which can be generated when thorium is bombarded with radiation). Eventually, though, the world more or less settled on a blueprint for nuclear reactors, focusing on those that use Uranium-238 as fuel and are cooled by water at a high pressure. One reason for the focus on uranium for energy tech? The research could also be applied to nuclear weapons. But now there\u2019s a renewed interest in alternative nuclear technologies, and the thorium-fueled reactor is just one of several examples. A prominent one we\u2019ve covered before: Kairos Power is building reactors that use molten salt as a coolant for small nuclear reactors, also a technology invented and developed in the 1950s and \u201960s before being abandoned.\u00a0 Another old-but-new concept is using high-temperature gas to cool reactors, as X-energy is aiming to do in its proposed power station at a chemical plant in Texas. (That reactor will be able to be refueled while it\u2019s running, like the new thorium reactor.)\u00a0 Some problems from decades ago that contributed to technologies being abandoned will still need to be dealt with today. In the case of molten-salt reactors, for example, it can be tricky to find materials that can withstand the corrosive properties of super-hot salt. For thorium reactors, the process of transforming thorium into U-233 fuel has historically been one of the hurdles.\u00a0 But as early progress shows, the archives could provide fodder for new commercial reactors, and revisiting these old ideas could give the nuclear industry a much-needed boost.\u00a0 This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review\u2019s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,5,7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ai-club","category-committee","category-news","category-uncategorized","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - 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