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Southeastern China’s Jiangxi province is going to build a fusion-fission power plant for more than 20 billion yuan (US$2.7 billion), with a target of continuously generating 100 megawatts (MW) of electricity. Jiangxi Electronic Group, a state-owned enterprise, said in a statement on Tuesday that Lianovation Superconductor and CNNC Fusion (Chengdu) Design and Research Institute signed a cooperation framework agreement on November 12 to jointly build a fusion-fission reactor in the province. ... In a fusion-fission hybrid reactor, the high-energy neutrons produced by the fusion reactions are absorbed in a “blanket” of fissionable material, where they trigger fission reactions. The favored...

A prehistoric archeological site with an area of about 600 square meters has been under excavation in Jin'an County, China's Jiangxi Province since October 2009. More than 1,000 cultural relics have been unearthed. On Dec. 3, 2010, a cobbled road 4 meters in length and 90 centimeters wide was found at the archeological site. The road paved with cobblestones dates back to prehistoric times. Evidence shows that it is the earliest road in Jiangxi. A prehistoric cobbled road is found in Jiangxi. (photo:jxnews.com.cn)

Celadon porcelains unearthed in Jiangxi A group of ancient tombs was discovered in Shangzhuang County of Fengcheng City in Jiangxi Province, exciting archaeologists. Unfortunately they only found two broken pieces of porcelain after thoroughly searching the tombs because almost all of the sites had been robbed. Just as they were thinking about giving up the search, having discovered that the last tomb they checked was empty of relics, the scientists located a new, hidden tomb linked to the empty one via a side grave room. At first when they perceived the big hole, they thought that it was a tunnel...

Thousands of buildings have collapsed and 11 people have been killed after a strong earthquake rattled east China on Saturday morning (local time). The China National Seismic Observation Network says the quake measured 5.7 on the Richter scale and struck at 8:49am. A local official has told AFP a total of 8,072 buildings have been destroyed in Jiujiang county as a result of the quake. "Six people were killed in Jiujiang county," the local official said. "Another 247 were injured and 8,072 buildings were toppled." An official in nearby Ruichang city says five people have been killed there, while...