„1000-Jahre-Quelle“: China plant, den weltweit ersten beschleunigerbetriebenen Kernreaktor in Betrieb zu nehmen

China will power up an ultra-efficient, nuclear waste-burning reactor with technology that it projects will safely meet humanity’s energy needs for the next 1,000 years. Accelerator-driven subcritical systems (ADS) are advanced nuclear reactors that can both generate energy and transmute long-lived radioactive waste into shorter-lived and less hazardous isotopes.

Designed by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) along with state nuclear enterprises, the China Initiative Accelerator Driven System will be the world’s first megawatt-level prototype of such a system once it goes online in southern China’s Guangdong province next year.

It could turn nuclear power into a “green, safe, stable energy source for 1,000 years”, according to the report. Despite the promise of this design, there are no commercial systems operating in the world, with only experimental projects such as China’s in development, according to the institute.

Awesome news, I hear that the world is looking for new leaders soon too

I expect the prospect of surplus clean energy to shake up the world more? Is this legit?

Good. Fossil fuel is expensive. Not just oil prices, but also the price to secure access to oil. The money already spent in Venezuela and Iran can probably already build a couple of reactors