CFR-600
The CFR-600 is a sodium-cooled pool-type fast-neutron nuclear reactor under construction in Xiapu County, Fujian province, China, on Changbiao Island.
It is a generation IV demonstration project by the China National Nuclear Corporation.
The project is also known as Xiapu fast reactor pilot project.
Construction of the reactor started in late 2017.
The reactor will have an output of 1500 MWth thermal power and 600 MW electric power.
The CFR-600 is part of the Chinese plan to reach a closed nuclear fuel cycle.
Fast neutron reactors are considered the main technology in the future for nuclear power in China.
A larger commercial-scale reactor, the CFR-1000, is also planned.
On the same site, a second 600 MW fast reactor is planned to be built in the future, a 600 MW HTR-PM600 and four 1000 MW CAP1000 are proposed.
