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throw0101a on Oct 31, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: All Applications for Nuclear Energy at COP26 Rejec...

> We don't have even one new Gen reactor running

Which is the generation is the "new" one?

There are a number of Generation III ones running:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_III_reactor

Gen IV reactor used to burn up plutonium:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BN-800_reactor

chefkoch on Oct 31, 2021 [–]

You are right, i was thinking of Gen III+ like EPR.

throw0101a on Oct 31, 2021 | [–]

There are EPR reactors connected to grids:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taishan_Nuclear_Power_Plant

Other Gen III+ reactors:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novovoronezh_Nuclear_Power_Pla...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_III_reactor#Generat...

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