Rosatom to Continue Localizing Nuclear Fuel Technologies in China
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- Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev announced in Beijing that the company will continue localizing nuclear fuel fabrication technologies in China to meet the country's increasing reactor demand.
- Rosatom is also supplying equipment and software for China's CFR-600 fast sodium-cooled reactor.
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Why It Matters
Rosatom is currently supplying equipment and software codes for China's CFR-600 fast sodium-cooled reactor and is preparing for its joint operation. The company aims to ensure power plants have fuel for over a hundred years of operation.
MOSCOW, July 24. /TASS/. Rosatom will continue localizing nuclear fuel fabrication technologies in China in line with the country's growing reactor needs, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev told reporters in Beijing.
"We will continue localizing fuel fabrication technologies here [in China] in accordance with the growth in reactor demand," Likhachev said.
He recalled that Rosatom is currently supplying equipment and software codes for China's CFR-600 fast sodium-cooled reactor and is preparing for its joint operation.
"When developing nuclear power, every country, and above all Russia and China, the leaders in this race, thinks a century ahead. ‘A century’ is not a figure of speech here - it means the need to ensure that a power plant has fuel for more than a hundred years of operation, both natural uranium and the most advanced technological solutions for efficient and safe fuel. And it is in China where we are introducing our advanced technologies related to safe fuel, including fuel with an 18-month cycle," Likhachev said.
Open Questions
- Specific timeline for localization completion?
- Financial terms of the localization agreements?
- Other specific advanced technologies being introduced?
