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China is installing superconducting accelerators in Guangdong to launch the world’s first megawatt-scale waste-burning reactor by 2027. The system aims to turn nuclear waste into fuel, cut waste lifespan to under 1,000 years, and eliminate meltdown risks, and potentially providing stable clean energy for a millennium.

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/world-first-accelerator-driven-nuclear-reactor-china

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'World-first' waste-burning reactor: China eyes 1000-year nuclear energy

The Chinese Academy of Sciences is on track to launch the world's first industrial-scale Accelerator-driven subcritical systems technology.

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Mar 7 at 2:36pmWeb
Show threadNu ModularMar 7
@yogthos Compare to Gates' metal fuel recycling, and Copenhagen Atomics Onion Core recycling in Thorium Molten Salt Reactor #TMSR tech.
Show threadZhao MoMar 7
@yogthos this barely made Western tech press. and yet the "China can’t do deep tech" narrative is still running. tbh one of these is doing more work than the other
Show threadFrancis Mangion (M)Mar 8
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