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China / Qinshan Nuclear Station Begins Production Of Carbon-14

By David Dalton
3 May 2022

Candu 6 reactor used to generate radioactive isotope, says state media
Qinshan Nuclear Station Begins Production Of Carbon-14
Carbon-14 will be produced by one of the Qinshan nuclear station’s Candu 6 pressurised heavy-water reactors.
Researchers at a nuclear power station in China have started mass production of carbon-14, which they claim makes them the first in the world to generate the radioactive isotope from a commercial reactor, according to state media.

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