The district heat appears to be a small pilot program but is worth watching.
Keeping the populace warm and manufacturing running... And freshwater to boot.
Pumping radioactive water to houses is a good idea?
(Just kidding. I know about the heat exchangers and primary and secondary loops)
Of course it is. The put a phony early date on when it expires, knowing that it will likely be extended, as needed.
wait, what? does this make China on the cutting edge of reducing gashouse emissions?
The central planning CCP model is both an advantage and a disadvantage for China relative to the West. The advantage over democratic societies is that once the central committee makes a decision to go forward there is no drawn out period of environmental impact studies, public hearings, and lawsuits. These make nuclear power too expensive and risky to allow its use anymore in the West. The disadvantage of the central planning model is that often technical decisions are made for political reasons such as with Chernobyl in Ukraine that cut corners on safety to control cost.
If China can achieve energy indepence from oil and coal using nuclear they will leapfrog the West in terms of carbon reduction, standard of living, and cost of production very quickly.
So, just like almost all other Western businesses, Westinghouse execs sold the crown jewels to the Chinese, who will now copy everything and eat their lunch.
How did Westinghouse get the export licenses for this technology?
“Why China is eating our lunch.”
Seriously, we know it’s because we worry too much about or environment, endangered lizards and global warming.
We are a no-risk country now.
China? Yes, they are eating our lunch.
Why can’t we do something intelligent like that? (Are you listening, Newsom?)
Meanwhile, actual *demonstrated” technology like Brilliant Light Power’s (inaptly named IMO) named SunCell (tm) utilizing a Hydrino-producing reaction remains under-funded ... a Manhattan-style effort should be on-going with this tech ...