‘1,000-year source’: China plans to fire up world-first accelerator-driven nuclear reactor
South China Morning Post
by Victoria BelaMarch 6, 2026
China will soon power up an ultra-efficient, nuclear waste-burning reactor with a groundbreaking technology that it projects will safely meet humanity’s energy needs for the next 1,000 years.
Accelerator-driven subcritical systems (ADS) are advanced nuclear reactors that can both generate energy and transmute long-lived radioactive waste into shorter-lived and less hazardous isotopes.
Designed by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) along with state nuclear enterprises, the China...
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Originally published on South China Morning Post on 3/6/2026