Chinese scientists succeeded in extracting uranium and plutonium from spent fuel after obtaining nuclear energy, a development that experts say could multiply by 60 the duration of these sources of atomic energy, China state television CCTV.
The achievement, achieved in tests in the Gobi Desert in northwest China, after decades of experimentation, could greatly increase the percentage of spent fuel could be reprocessed and is now 3 or 4%.
If applied to large-scale uranium deposits in China have nuclear power plants could fuel China's the next 3000 years, compared to 50 or 70 that are expected today, said the state broadcaster.
The research was conducted in the Factory Number 404 of the State Nuclear Corporation of China, although China is not alone in considering reprocessing as similar tests have been conducted in Europe.
Some countries like the United States, are opposed to reprocessing, considering that it can be used in proliferation of nuclear weapons.
China, which has confirmed deposits of 171 thousand 400 tons of uranium, attacks for years a massive plan to build nuclear power plants to diversify the country's energy sources and rely less heavily on coal, which now dominates 70% of its economy.
The achievement, achieved in tests in the Gobi Desert in northwest China, after decades of experimentation, could greatly increase the percentage of spent fuel could be reprocessed and is now 3 or 4%.
If applied to large-scale uranium deposits in China have nuclear power plants could fuel China's the next 3000 years, compared to 50 or 70 that are expected today, said the state broadcaster.
The research was conducted in the Factory Number 404 of the State Nuclear Corporation of China, although China is not alone in considering reprocessing as similar tests have been conducted in Europe.
Some countries like the United States, are opposed to reprocessing, considering that it can be used in proliferation of nuclear weapons.
China, which has confirmed deposits of 171 thousand 400 tons of uranium, attacks for years a massive plan to build nuclear power plants to diversify the country's energy sources and rely less heavily on coal, which now dominates 70% of its economy.
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