China says has mastered nuclear fuel reprocessing

[Gerald]

BEIJING – Chinese scientists have mastered the technology for reprocessing nuclear fuel, potentially yielding additional power sources to keep the country's economy booming, state television reported Monday.The breakthrough will extend by many times the amount of power that can be generated from China's nuclear plants by allowing the recovery of fissile and fertile materials to provide new fuel, CCTV said.Several European countries, Russia, India and Japan already reprocess nuclear fuel — the actual materials used to make nuclear energy — to separate out and recover the unused uranium and plutonium, reduce waste and close the nuclear cycle for safety reasons. Each country's process is generally considered an industrial secret and not shared.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/03/china-says-mastered-nuclear-fuel-reprocessing/

Note: Published January 03, 2011

[Platapus]

That's good for China. Despite the large land mass, China is not so rich in good Uranium mines. What they have assays pretty low.

[Oberon]

Indeed so, China needs all the nuclear, gas, oil, hydro, solar, wind power generators it can get its hands on, despite being a leader in usage of green energy, its still hideously reliant on coal for power.

[TLAM Strike]

...and close the nuclear cycle...

I heard that Iran has found a way to close its nuclear fuel cycle too. Their nuclear fuel cycle closes with the stuff detonating over Tel Aviv...

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