There China point to make nuclear merger a clean and commercial energy source by 2050according to what China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), the state company that guides the country’s efforts in this sector.
The CNNC, which manages the experimental reactor known as “Artificial sun”plans to start the First energy production plant based on nuclear fusion about five years after the conclusion of the demonstration phase, which should start around the 2045. The announcement was made on Friday during a meeting with the press.
In recent years, China has accelerated investments and research on nuclear mergera process that feeds the sun and the stars, considered a potential source of energy unlimited and without emissions. However, obtain a stable and usable reaction on a large scale It remains a complex challenge, which only a small number of countries, including the United States, Russia and South Korea, has managed in part to overcome.
Billionaire investments and new technologies for the future energy
In 2023, the CNNC founded China Fusion Corpa new national company dedicated to nuclear merger, and has created anindustrial alliance To accelerate the development of technology. The initiative has already collected 1.75 billion yuan (about 324.2 million dollars) thanks to the investments of the same CNNC and Zhejiang Zheneng Electric Power Co.
These funds are intended for the enhancement of the Tokamak technologydevices that use powerful Magnetic fields To confine and control overheated plasmaallowing the production of energy without harmful emissions or significant radioactive waste.
At the same time, the CNNC provides for expand the production of fiscal reactors of national design, including i Small modular reactors. In the next five years, these plants will be increased to respond to the growing energy demand of the country.
By 2030China could become the First country in the world by number of operational nuclear reactorsovercoming the United States and France. After the energy crisis of 2022, the government gave the green light to the construction of about 10 new reactors every yearand this trend seems destined to continue to achieve the pre -established climatic objectives.
