Wang Shoujun, president of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said that commercial production of high-temperature, gas-cooled nuclear fuel (HTGR) had begun at the China North Nuclear Fuel processing plant in northern China.
CNNC is the parent company of China North Nuclear Fuel. The move to commercial production marks a departure from test-runs of the fuel, China Daily reported Tuesday.
The first production run was completed Monday. The plant in Baotou in China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, is designed to produce 300,000 fuel elements per year. The fuel is being produced for a prototype HTGR reactor currently being constructed at Shidaowan in the Shandong province.