Nuclear fuel feat to solve uranium shortage

Efficiency hiked by 60 times, resource 'to last for 3,000 years'

BEIJING - China has made a breakthrough in spent nuclear fuel reprocessing technology, which could greatly extend uranium's usage rate and potentially solve the problem of its supply shortage.

The technology, which was developed by the No 404 factory under the China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC), is able to boost the usage rate of uranium materials at nuclear plants by 60 times.