Nuclear Energy

actually, i guess this was a good source also.

It estimated China at 11 million SWU at end of 2023

CGN Taipingling-1 reactor completed drainage of primary circuit. Marking successful of unit's hot performance test.

this Hualong-one plant is likely to start generating power on 2025. This is part of 6 Hualong-1 plants under construction.

Once they enter service, will generate 50 TWh of electricity per year.

Currently, there are 30 plants under active construction in China.

epic foolish move by Western countries to expel Russian scientists, who I'm sure will end up collaborating more with Chinese scientists now

I think this will lead to China and Russia making their own facilities independent of CERN.

Russia already has an accelerator at Dubna but a larger one could be built.

gelgoog said:

I think this will lead to China and Russia making their own facilities independent of CERN.

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yeah.. but timing is very interesting

China opens 12 nuclear research facilities to global scientists

These include the China Advanced Research Reactor, the new-generation tokamak device Huanliu-3, and the Beishan Underground Research Laboratory, Liu Jing, vice chairman of the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA), said at a meeting on the sidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) annual general conference.

The facilities span areas such as basic nuclear research, isotope production, nuclear environment simulation, equipment testing, and radioactive waste treatment and disposal.

The thing is those facilities are more for applied science. We are talking about something like this:

gelgoog said:

The thing is those facilities are more for applied science. We are talking about something like this:

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this one too.. scientists are waiting for government approval. everything has been finalized

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CGN Taipingling-1 reactor completed drainage of primary circuit. Marking successful of unit's hot performance test.

this Hualong-one plant is likely to start generating power on 2025. This is part of 6 Hualong-1 plants under construction.

Once they enter service, will generate 50 TWh of electricity per year.

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woww, more than the whole New Zealand electricity generated per year which is around 40TWh

From world's largest producer of Uranium. Kazakhstan sold 85% of its Uranium to China and Russia (45% for China and 40% for Russia). Russia seems to be enriching them and re-exporting them abroad.

Compared to 2023, this has already dropped in terms of % going to America. Whereas % to Russia is going up. So Russian sanctions making harder for Kazakhstan to sell to Western countries.


in order to not deal with Russian sanctions, Kazakhstan is looking to export through Alashankou to Shanghai. Where you can have major uranium trading hub in Alashankou.


Update from Kazatomprom indicates that all its new production going to Rosatom and existing production is going to fill 23000 tU warehouse in Alashankou, China.