{"id":178381,"date":"2023-12-15T13:28:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T19:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/worlds-first-generation-iv-nuclear-reactor-gets-operational-in-china"},"modified":"2023-12-15T13:28:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T19:28:59","slug":"worlds-first-generation-iv-nuclear-reactor-gets-operational-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/worlds-first-generation-iv-nuclear-reactor-gets-operational-in-china","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s first Generation IV nuclear reactor gets operational in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_mJ3S-VQuHY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The reactor uses tiny balls of fuel and heats gas to generate electricity.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>In what can be termed a significant achievement in the development of next-generation nuclear reactor technology, China claims to have successfully commissioned the world\u2019s first Generation IV commercial nuclear reactor.<\/p>\n<p>The Shidao Bay <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/military\/russia-unveiled-new-nuclear-submarines\" title=\"Nuclear\" rel=\"dofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Nuclear<\/a> Power Plant\u2019s HTR-PM high-temperature gas-cooled (HTGR) pebble-bed reactor, situated in Shidao Bay, Shandong Province, reportedly commenced operations earlier this month. According to China\u2019s National Energy Administration (NEA), the feat was achieved following a 168-hour demonstration run on December 6.<\/p>\n<p>The HTR-PM Demo project is a joint initiative led by Tsinghua University for R&amp;D and primary components\/systems design, China Huaneng Group Co. as the plant owner and operator, and China National Nuclear Co. (CNNC) serving as the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contractor and fuel manufacturer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reactor uses tiny balls of fuel and heats gas to generate electricity. In what can be termed a significant achievement in the development of next-generation nuclear reactor technology, China claims to have successfully commissioned the world\u2019s first Generation IV commercial nuclear reactor. The Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Plant\u2019s HTR-PM high-temperature gas-cooled (HTGR) pebble-bed reactor, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,873],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engineering","category-nuclear-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}