no news is prolly bad news.
Probably paywalled, but 20 minute old news
here (click me).
June 16, 2021Updated 2:24 p.m. ET
SHANGHAI — The Chinese government said on Wednesday that “about five” of the uranium fuel rods inside
a nuclear power plant in southeastern China had been damaged, but added that no radiation had leaked out of reactors at the site.
Regulators have also reviewed and approved limits on how much radioactive gas is allowed to accumulate in the water at the reactor, China’s National Nuclear Safety Administration said in a statement. Nuclear scientists in the United States and Europe said in interviews this week that a buildup of radioactive gas in the water surrounding the fuel rods, while not uncommon at reactors elsewhere, was often a sign of poor design, manufacturing or management.
The Taishan Nuclear Power Plant is on the coast about 80 miles southwest of Hong Kong. The power plant’s Reactor 1, which has encountered difficulties in recent days, has more than 60,000 fuel rods.
The reactor is designed to operate safely despite damage to up to 0.25 percent of the fuel rods, the safety agency said. That would be at least 150 fuel rods.
Of more concern (?) would be these
breeder reactors.
And for fusion fans, there is
this one. If it works, maybe the god denying Commies will share the design with the rest of us?
PS.
On the original topic, no paywall
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