China’s First Homegrown Nuclear Reactor Begins Loading Fuel – Bloomberg

China’s homegrown nuclear technology took a significant step forward as a Hualong One reactor began loading fuel for the first time.
China National Nuclear Power Co., a unit of
China National Nuclear Corp., said fuel loading started at the Fuqing No. 5 reactor, the first to use the domestic technology, on Sept. 4 after securing an operating license from the nation’s Ministry of Ecology & Environment, according a
statement on its WeChat account. No timeline was given for starting up the …

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