China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has started building a pilot production line for fuel elements for the Shidowan HTGR reactor, currently under construction in the Shandong province of China. The new pilot production line, based on this production technology and located in Baotou (Inner Mongolia), will have an annual capacity of 300,000 fuel elements. The National Nuclear Security Administration issued a permit for its construction last month. It is expected to be commissioned in August 2015.
The fuel produced by the pilot plant will be used by the demonstration high-temperature gas-cooled reactor plant being built at Shidaowan, near Weihai (Shandong). This will initially comprise twin HTR-PM reactor modules driving a single 210 MWe steam turbine. Construction started in late 2012, with commercial operation scheduled in 2015. A further 18 such HTR-PM units are proposed at Shidaowan.
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