China’s First Next-Gen Nuclear Reactor Enters Commercial Operations

(Bloomberg) — China’s nuclear power ambitions received a boost Wednesday as the country’s first next-generation reactor entered into commercial operations.

China Huaneng Group Co. Ltd.’s 200-megawatt unit at Shidao Bay, in Shandong province, East China, is the world’s first high-temperature gas-cooled reactor, the National Energy Administration said in a WeChat post. The reactor was given permission to start commercial service after it operated for 168 consecutive hours.