{"id":91815,"date":"2019-04-30T20:18:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T17:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/?p=91815"},"modified":"2019-04-30T20:23:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T17:23:54","slug":"cin-kucuk-moduler-nukleer-reaktorler-icin-kuresel-teknoloji-yarisinda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/cin-kucuk-moduler-nukleer-reaktorler-icin-kuresel-teknoloji-yarisinda\/","title":{"rendered":"China Enters Global Tech Race For Small Modular Nuclear Reactors"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nearly two years ago China\u2019s \u201cNimble Dragon\u201d (\u73b2\u9f99) project hit headlines when state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced plans to build a floating small modular reactor (SMR) in the island province of Hainan. Just last month\u00a0China’s\u00a0Ministry of Environment began its impact assessment of the ACP100\u00a0 \u2013 the unit\u2019s technical name \u2013\u00a0bringing the project into its next stage of\u00a0development. China now joins the United States and Russia in the race for commercially viable SMR technology.<\/h1>\n

SMR\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0are the next evolutionary step of nuclear power: compact, affordable, quick to construct, emission-less, and in some cases transportable. SMRs provide flexibility to integrate with renewables and can generate highly resilient baseload power at cost-competitive prices. Their modular design\u00a0facilitates mass production and enables units to be scaled up and down according to need.<\/p>\n

But why SMRs over existing nuclear tech? The biggest issues with conventional nuclear facilities are their\u00a0sometimes multi-decade construction times\u00a0and high capital expenditures \u2013 reaching an average of\u00a0$11 billion\u00a0per unit in 2018. Furthermore, large land area requirements and safety concerns preclude nuclear power stations from being located too close to urban centers \u2013 meaning that costly power lines must also be constructed to connect supply with demand. By contrast, SMR\u2019s have a small footprint (the size of a barge or small house), enhanced safety, rapid build-times, and a unit\u00a0cost\u00a0between $800 million to $3 billion \u2013 making them ideal for remote areas suffering from low energy access.<\/p>\n

China \u2013 as well as the U.S. and Russia \u2013 are betting that these portable energy generators can be used to increase their energy security, from balancing electric grids to powering ships and overseas military bases. The first to master this transformative technology will have a tactical \u201cnuclear edge\u201d over the competition.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nearly two years ago China\u2019s \u201cNimble Dragon\u201d (\u73b2\u9f99) project hit headlines when state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced plans to build a floating small modular reactor (SMR) in the island province of Hainan. Just last month\u00a0China’s\u00a0Ministry of Environment began its impact assessment of the ACP100\u00a0 \u2013 the unit\u2019s technical name \u2013\u00a0bringing the project into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[51,53,43],"tags":[1198,50035,50038,50039,50040,50036,50034,31875,20845,42490,19,42491,41345,67,1009,50031,50041,50042,50032,50037,42853,42855,42854,42856,23134,25480,34931,34930,32663,885,50033,42500],"views":1317,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91815"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91818,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91815\/revisions\/91818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}