On Sept. 14 at the opening of the IAEA’s 70th General Conference in Vienna, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed a cooperation agreement on high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs). The agreement covers R&D, design, construction, commissioning, operation, supply-chain collaboration and workforce training, and provides for sharing China’s HTGR engineering experience internationally to support deployment in power generation, industrial hea

On Sept. 14 at the opening of the IAEA’s 70th General Conference in Vienna, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed a cooperation agreement on high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs). The agreement covers R&D, design, construction, commissioning, operation, supply-chain collaboration and workforce training, and provides for sharing China’s HTGR engineering experience internationally to support deployment in power generation, industrial heat and hydrogen production in low-carbon applications.