18.4.2.1 Licensing

The following activities have been accomplished related to licensing:

• The contract of SMR combined research with National Nuclear & Radiation Safety Center was signed in 2011.

• The following work has been achieved: National Nuclear & Radiation Safety Center gave the comments on the SMR research report of design preparation phase; a technical exchange of SMR containment design after Fukushima nuclear accident occurred; passive integration test research technical exchange occurred, and the test program was approved.

• The Q1 questions and question reply of concept design stage was completed, and the concept design was approved.

• Signed several specific research programs and standard design safety analysis combined research with National Nuclear & Radiation Safety Center in 2013.

18.4.2.2 Site selection

The demonstration the ACP100 nuclear power plant, with two 310 MWth reactors, will be located in Putian City, Fujian Province on the east coast area of China.

18.2 Future trends

China, as a major player in nuclear industry, has already developed several kinds of SMR, such as HTR-200, ACP100 and 20 MWe sodium fast reactor, named CEFR. In the near future, China will continue its SMR development. In the light-water reactor (LWR) family, the SMR in China is focused on modular and integrated reactors, factory manufacture and installation, railway or truck transportation, emergency zone decreasing, and external accidents resistance by underground reactor building layout. In non-LWR family, the SMR, such as gas-cooled reactors and sodium-cooled fast reactors, is focused on non-proliferation, nuclear fuel utilization, emergency zone cancellation and enhancing economics. We hope two or three kinds of SMR will deploy in China around 2020.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Wang Changdong, Li Yunyi, Sun Dengke, Yu Funyun, Qin Zhong, Zhong Fajie and Xu Bin for useful discussions and information. I also thank the reviewers for their suggestions.

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