China moves ahead on nuclear with an SMR

 

OK, they are still burning a LOT of coal in China.

But China is also doing with nuclear energy what I think has to be done with nuclear energy -- building small reactors. 

If they can build a LOT of small modular reactors (SMRs), it's a few steps in the proper direction.

China installs core module of world's first commercial small nuclear reactor

"It [an SMR] can be applied in multiple scenarios like seawater desalination, urban district heating, industrial steam supply and oil extraction.

The reactor will not only facilitate building Hainan into a "clean energy island" and meeting the country's dual carbon goals toward carbon peak and neutrality, but also promote the global development of nuclear energy."

They get it. Can we?