HTGR Fuel Elements Production Line

HTGR Fuel Elements Production Line 

In March 2013, the China North Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd. began construction of a fuel element production line with a targeted annual production capacity of 300,000 spherical fuel elements to be used by the 200 MWe HTGR demonstration plant in Shidao Bay, Shandong Province. The production line employs homegrown technology for producing spherical fuel elements developed by Tsinghua University. It is the first industrial production line for fuel elements in the world with Gen IV nuclear safety features. On July 17, 2017, the 200,000th HTGR spherical fuel element rolled off the production line, marking the fabrication of HTGR fuel elements on an industrial scale. 

高溫氣冷堆燃料元件生產線 

2013年3月，高溫氣冷堆核電站示范工程燃料元件生產線在中核北方核燃料元件有限公司開工建設，年產能為30萬個球形燃料元件，為山東石島灣20萬千瓦高溫氣冷堆示范電站提供燃料元件。生產線以清華大學球形燃料元件制造技術作為技術依托，是我國擁有完全自主知識產權、全球第一條具有第四代核安全特征的工業化規模燃料元件生產線。2017年7月17日，高溫氣冷堆燃料元件生產線第20萬個球形燃料元件成功下線，中國高溫氣冷堆元件制造實現了工業規模生產。