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Wrought

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Interesting concept I suppose, though it seems like a rather niche application.

China has brought online the world’s first commercial supercritical carbon dioxide power generator – a revolutionary
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technology pioneered by the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). This power generator, which uses carbon dioxide instead of steam to transfer heat, has been connected to the grid from a steel production plant in China’s southwestern province of
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to produce
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from waste heat, according to a social media post by CNNC’s Nuclear Power Institute of China on November 10. Once operational, the two 15-megawatt power units are expected to be 50 per cent more efficient at capturing and using waste heat from steel production to generate electricity than existing steam power technology.
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Two new Chinese reactors recently came under construction, both Hualong 1:

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The total starts for China in 2025 is now 7, the highest number since 2010 - before the Fukushima meltdown.

Also - from what I can find (PRIS used to show starts with a slight delay, but hasn't been updating properly this year) - total starts outside China is 3, with one in each of Russia, Korea and Canada.
 
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China achieves breakthrough in key technologies for metal fuel manufacturing..​


The China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) officially announced today that, with the support of national and CNNC research projects, the experimental line for the manufacturing principle of metal fuels, led by CIAE, has completed integration and verification at the Huludao base.

Under simulated hot chamber test bench conditions, the project completed the principle verification of three core units: core casting, single rod manufacturing, and component assembly. It achieved several key technological breakthroughs in various aspects such as process flow, key equipment, components, and core materials, effectively improving the technological maturity of metal fuel manufacturing and laying a solid foundation for the engineering verification of integrated fast reactor metal fuel .

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