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Region: Geopolity
Department of Energy and Resources
Thorium reactor project
The project is progressing quickly, our scientists, who collaborate with those of The republic of dhan are making considerable progress, the prototype is fully functional and the works for the first thorium nuclear reactor are in the early stages.
The biggest obstacle is the particle accelerator which must have a minimum power to operate the reactor is under development, it is estimated that the development costs of this component have been around 6 billion dollars.
This project has a number of potential advantages over conventional nuclear fission reactors:
The subcritical design means that the nuclear reaction cannot diverge; if any parameter deviates from the design values, the reaction would stop and the reactor would cool down. Nuclear meltdown could still occur even when the reactor is off if the possibility of cooling the still hot core is lost.
Thorium is a decidedly more abundant element in nature than uranium; in this way the problems, strategic and political, of procurement are mitigated, and the costly and costly isotope separation process is eliminated. At present, thorium reserves are expected to be sufficient for energy production for many hundreds of years.
The energy booster would produce very little plutonium, so this design is considered to be much more responsive to nuclear non-proliferation principles than conventional nuclear reactors (although the issue of using uranium-233 as a nuclear weapon fuel needs to be evaluated carefully).
There is the possibility of using this reactor to "burn" plutonium, reducing the world reserves of this dangerous element with a very long half-life.
Less long half-life radioactive waste is produced; after 500 years, the waste produced will have the same activity as coal ash.
No further technological innovations are required; the technology needed to build the energy amplifier has already been demonstrated in the laboratory.Construction requires only some engineering, not fundamental research (as opposed to nuclear fusion related proposals).
Power generation could be economically viable when considering the overall costs of the nuclear fuel cycle: decommissioning and waste disposal management and facility.
The project could work on a relatively small scale, making it more suitable for countries without an adequate electrical power grid system.
Intrinsic safety and safe transportation of fuel could make the technology more suitable for developing countries as well as densely populated areas [/ list]
China aims to promote renewable and nuclear energy in the world, of which it is one of the largest consumers, there are many active projects and many others are only in preparation.
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The National Assembly is reviewing a draft law that provides for an increase in safety requirements for nuclear power plants and for those who work there, workers will have to participate in continuous refresher courses on safety and the Power Plants will have to increase safety devices and control.
The prostate also affects radioactive waste and its storage.
Central America Federation and The republic of dhan
