China begins construction of the world's first ground-based small modular nuclear reactor
In the southern province of Hainan (China), the start of the construction of the world's first ground-based small modular nuclear reactor called Linglong One. The installed capacity of the future reactor reaches 125 MW and its complete construction should take no more than five years.
Moreover, after the successful completion of construction Linglong one (by the way, completely consisting of Chinese components) can become a very successful commercial project, actively sold all over the world.
Small nuclear reactors and their prospects
At the moment, only the Russian Federation has small modular reactors, however, only floating APPs. And in the United States, active work is underway on compact nuclear reactors, which will be completely assembled at factories just like "batteries" and send to the customer in special containers 12 meters long, which will be maintenance-free during the entire period of operation.
And as some experts suggest, it is compact nuclear reactors that will thus be extremely a necessary buffer to smooth out the cycles of electricity production using renewable sources. After all, they are easy enough to adapt to small power grids, and they (reactors) are able to operate on a flexible schedule.
Although China considers large nuclear reactors to be more efficient, small reactors such as Linglong one will mainly be designed to smooth out the dips that will inevitably occur in the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources.
In addition, Chinese Linglong one it is also planned to actively promote abroad and make money on their sale and further service.
It must be admitted that the Celestial Empire is actively developing in many directions and nuclear power is no exception. Well, it is quite possible that in the very near future Chinese compact nuclear reactors will appear on the world market. Linglong one.
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