Reporters learned from CNNC on February 22 that China's independently developed uranium enrichment centrifuge has been successfully industrialized. This indicates that our country has the autonomous industrial capacity for nuclear fuel production and has fully mastered the uranium enrichment technology by centrifugal method, which is of great strategic significance for ensuring the sustainable development of nuclear power in our country.
According to reports, uranium enrichment centrifuge technology is the key technology of nuclear fuel production, centrifuge has high vacuum, high speed, strong corrosion, can not be repaired and so on, the technical difficulty is very big. There are more than a dozen countries engaged in the development of centrifuges in the world, but only two companies in Western Europe and Russia have actually realized industrialized production.
After years of research and development, CNNC researchers succeeded in capturing many key technologies in the development of centrifuges, completed the development tasks and installed uranium enrichment plants, and realized the industrial application of centrifuges. A number of technical indicators have reached the international advanced level.
CNNC has formed a complete uranium enrichment R & D and industrial system for the design, construction and operation of centrifuge research and development, manufacturing and operation of centrifuges. The existing equipment capability meets the current needs of nuclear power installed capacity in China and the technical level and equipment manufacturing capability can be guaranteed and satisfied The need of domestic nuclear power development.