Small Modular Nuclear Reactor (SMR) Research and Development (R and D) and Deployment in China - 14065

Developing nuclear energy is the measure of meeting national economic development and satisfying the need of energy conservation and emission reduction. Large size nuclear power units are hardly suitable to the application of regional network and the nonelectric fields. Small size reactor is needed from the great majority of developing countries and the vast Midwest area of China. Domestic cities and regions put forward an urgent request to nuclear energy heating, desalination, and district heating. Nuclear Power Institute of China (NPIC) had developed many Small and Medium Size Reactors (SMR) in China, Including: Nuclear seawater desalination; Nuclear district heating; Nuclear power commercial ship; Multipurpose modular small pressured reactor. (authors)