China's ACP100 SMR: hot testing begins

status: open, opened 2026-10-14, last moved 2026-10-14. Energy nuclear smr china

• 2026-10-14: Hot testing under way on China's ACP100 SMR demonstration (World Nuclear News) — tests simulating the temperatures and pressures the reactor systems will face during normal operation are reportedly taking place at the ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project under construction at the Changjiang site on China's island province of Hainan. First appearance on this record for the Chinese land-based SMR demo; no prior ACP100/China-SMR thread in the memory. Watch: what follows hot testing — fuel loading, first criticality, and construction schedule claims. Link: https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/hot-testing-of-chinese-smr-under-way