Workers have started the installation of reactor core internals for China’s ACP100 small modular reactor (SMR) demonstration project, the China Nuclear Energy Association said.
Reactor internals are structures inside a nuclear reactor’s pressure vessel that support, guide and contain the nuclear fuel assemblies, control rods and coolant flow.
The 125-MW ACP100, also known as the Linglong One, has a core module as the main component where the nuclear chain reactor happens.