China's low-enriched neutron reactor runs at full capacity

China has remodified a miniature neutron-source reactor, which is now running at full capacity, according to State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense on Saturday.

This is the first time China has replaced a traditional high-enriched uranium reactor core with a low-enriched one, said Xu Dazhe, head of China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA)

The reactor was a result of China-U.S. nuclear security cooperation. In 2011, the CAEA began working with Argonne National Laboratory, a U.S.Department of Energy Lab, on nuclear safety, Xu said.

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by Xinhua News (see full article)